My Husband/Wife and I Have DIFFERENT PARENTING STYLES and it’s Hurting Our Marriage

Last updated on: November 15, 2018 at 11:00 am by Dave Willis

My Husband/Wife and I Have DIFFERENT PARENTING STYLES and it’s Hurting Our Marriage 2018-11-15T11:00:32-05:00 Dave Willis

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1. Find a mentor couple who is older than you and has a strong marriage and healthy relationships with their kids.

This was the first thing Ashley and I did when we realized we needed to take action in this area. All of our friends were in the same season of life as us and dealing with the same struggles. We realized that we need to intentionally seek out a more seasoned couple who had grown kids and the kind of family dynamic we hoped to have one day. We also needed someone we weren’t related to (even though we love our own parents and have learned so much from them).

We talked about a which couple seemed like the right fit and we landed on our friends Todd and Stacy. We just called them (or maybe we just send a long and awkward text message) inviting them over for dinner and telling them in advance that we wanted to interview them about what worked in their own parenting and ask their advice on some struggles we were facing. They listed and gave us some AMAZING insights and encouragement. We’re so thankful for their investment into our lives. Their mentoring made a huge difference. Find a “Todd and Stacy” in your life. You don’t have to figure all this out on your own! Find someone who has been there. It will make a BIG difference.

#2 was one of the BEST pieces of parenting advice we’d ever heard...

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