ELITE BALL🥸 on Instagram: "The post shares a 60-second TikTok compilation of toddlers defying calm parental prompts—like refusing car rides or showers—overlaid with "Gentle Parenting Doesn't Work!" text, humorously critiquing the approach's limits in chaotic scenarios. Caption implies gentle parenting suits only inherently calm children, resonating with 7.8k likes and replies decrying it for fostering undisciplined adults, amid broader online debates on empathy versus boundaries. Research shows

@buzzicity on Instagram: "- The post features a viral Instagram video by American expat Kyle Metcalf, showing his park encounter with Japanese elder Nishikawa Takashi, where basic Japanese sparks an instant friendship, a bus ride, and a shared home meal with Takashi’s wife. - Metcalf’s approach—approaching strangers for practice—demonstrates effective immersion learning, as peer-reviewed studies like those in Language Learning journal confirm real conversations accelerate fluency more than apps,