No, but permissive parenting has.

Gentle parenting = don’t act violently towards your child when you discipline them

Permissive parenting = never be the bad guy, don’t ever discipline your child

It's crazy that not only did the author get this wrong, but then pretends like the difference is still a niche thought experiment:

> Today, some child behavioral experts believe what we are sometimes seeing is not true gentle parenting but rather an anxious drift into “permissive parenting.”