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Unlike traditional parenting where adults set rules with clear consequences when children don't follow them, gentle parenting encourages adults to acknowledge their child's feelings calmly and gently.

From BBC

The discussions are unsentimental because the consequences are real.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s built specifically for dogs right now, he said, “because with all of these other use cases, there are unintended consequences we want to think about.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"Around half of reef locations affected by bleaching-level heat stress were exposed twice or more during the three-year event -- often with devastating consequences," said Scott Heron, professor of physics at James Cook University.

From Science Daily

It was not immediately clear what consequences there would be for Hungary if the court follows suit.

From Barron's