When Parents Clash
People have different approaches to parenting.
Mom may feel that Dad is too strict with the children. Dad feels that Mom is too lenient with the children and that the children need to learn independence.
Dad may feel that Mom is lax about the children’s weight or medical problems. Mom sees Dad as overprotective and perhaps even a hypochondriac.
Dad may let the children stay up later or watch television shows they can’t watch at Mom’s house. Mom doesn’t think Dad is a serious enough about making the children do their homework.
Parenting is hard work, but it can be even tougher if one parent is sabotaging or undermining the other’s authority. Good parents are like good business partners. They may not love each other or hate each other, but they present a united front in handling the business of parenting together.
But real life is seldom so ideal, so Robert L. Mues, gives us some help for handling parenting style conflicts on his Ohio Family Law Blog.
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