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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2. Don’t use anger to get action from your kids. Use ACTION to get action from your kids.

We stole this nugget of parenting wisdom from Dr. James Dobson who has written many great books on parenting. We were in a bad habit of getting angry with our kids and then responding with anger in return. This just created more anger and very little action. We realized (and I’m continuing to slowly learn this lesson) that we can’t just respond with anger. We need to control our emotions and simply respond with action. Let kids know ahead of time what the consequences will be for certain behaviors and then calmly carry out those consequences when the behavior takes place. It defines the boundaries and brings clarity instead of confusion. That consistency and predictability takes the emotion and guesswork out of the discipline process and it will bring more peace to your home.

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