Tuesday 14 October 2014

A Marriage That Will Last - 2 (Build A Common Front)






  What makes a relationship last is the commitment of both parties to grow and develop in their relationship.

We continue this series with building a common front when handling your kids and other issues.

If your spouse is harsher than you when dishing out discipline, don't challenge that in front of the kids. It's important that we have a common front so that the kids don't play the "softer" parent against the more "strict" parent.

It's not unusual to have different parenting styles, but it's important to discuss important discipline approaches privately with each other and not in front of your kids.

Once a plan is decided, don't deviate without discussing the possible changes in advance.  If the kids play mom and dad against each other it creates a great deal of stress on the family and the marriage.

Don't fall into that trap.

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