Parenting plays a vital role in shaping the mental health of children. However, this concept is often overlooked by many parents. Taking the context of Indian families, parenting is usually about instigating fear among their children. Although this is aimed at encouraging discipline among the children, the negative repercussions of this technique involve emotional seclusion from the parents. Their relationship gets sour over time, and the children start shutting themselves from being open, fearing being rebuked. The child needs to feel a safe space for opening up where the parents are emotionally available and supportive. This is where the importance of ‘gentle parenting’ surfaces. Children who experience gentle parenting build a healthy relationship with their parents. The relationships foster empathy, respect and most importantly understanding between both parties. Gentle parenting focuses on explaining the ‘why’ behind the suggestions given to their children. This helps them to build self-awareness of their behaviour and process their actions’s consequences. The children feel the mental support in opening up emotionally and trust their parents for help. They feel that their problems and opinions are validated and respected which will help them voice out their emotions. This will encourage them to return the same feeling to their parents.