Correcting Your Child Without Fighting Amongst Yourselves

Posted on September 30, 2008 in Tips for A Husband, Tips for A Wife

Many couples fight over their parenting skills, one tries to belittle the other, while the other thinks that what they are doing is the best parenting technique.

In the process both end up fighting when correcting the child. There should be lot of congruency when both the parents talk to the child in order for the child to grow effectively. Conflicts amongst the parents will affect the child’s sense of moral reasoning.

Here are some points that can help you prevent fighting in front of your child

1) Discuss the issue that is troubling your child amongst yourselves first and both of you first deal with it, and then as a team come together and talk to your child about it.
2) Don’t interrupt when your spouse is correcting the child. Instead respect his/her decision.
3) If you didn’t like what your spouse was doing you could always tell him/her later and not in front of the child.

When the child sees both the parents as a team, trying to correct his/her behavior the child is more likely to respond to your correction.

Therefore deal with such issues as a team, rather than struggling alone.

 

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