Parenting
There’s no one right way of parenting. Don’t ever let someone, especially if they are not a parent, to tell you that you are wrong (unless what you are doing harm others). It is likely that both approaches are right. What is right depends on you and your child, and both of you are unique.
That said, there are several things I’d encourage you to consider, given our (incomplete) experience so far. See the following pages: