| When Parenting Differences involving discipline | | | | One thing is certain never reprimand each others |
| methods are left unresolved the whole family structure | | | | methods present tense when you disagree. The time |
| becomes fragile and unworkable. The children are | | | | for that is after the fact when everything is over and |
| usually not disciplined in the end at all due primarily to a | | | | done with. Always discuss everything equally and |
| lack of consistency. So then you both need to get | | | | never criticize suggestions that you do not agree with. |
| together and diplomatically make decisions together | | | | Just make a note of the pros and the cons. Find what |
| through compromise, patience, and testing. Combining | | | | works and what does not. |
| your efforts can be your path of least resistance and | | | | You must be able to be democratic about these things |
| benefit the entire family. | | | | when they come up. Parenting issues between two |
| Connecting your parenting styles will make you into a | | | | opposing methods of discipline should never be |
| team in place of just winging it. How you decide to | | | | disputed or discussed during the incident. It is too fresh |
| discipline your children should be decided before hand | | | | and the child might get caught in the middle and that is |
| and settled. Otherwise there will undoubtedly be an | | | | definitely the last place they need to be. So disputes |
| unbalanced tug of war scenario. One parent being far | | | | about discipline should be handled separate from |
| too lenient while the other plays the part of the bad | | | | everyone besides the two of you. And it should be |
| cop. Compromise on everything and find a happy | | | | done in a calm and relaxing manner. |
| medium. | | | | When two parenting methods share extreme |
| One good idea is to decide who will predominantly be | | | | differences meeting in the middle can actually be the |
| the one to dish out the discipline. If one of you is more | | | | best solution ever. Combining an averaged out medium |
| emotional and tends to allow things to get to them, | | | | almost ensures not leaning too far in one direction or |
| then the obvious choice would be the other parent. | | | | the other. There are more advances in discipline |
| Making objective decisions by allowing the | | | | methods to guide your children in the right way and |
| circumstance to dictate the right choices like that will | | | | without punishment than ever before. Take advantage |
| help you to avoid fighting or making a mistake in your | | | | of them and you will save yourself some time and |
| parenting performances. | | | | trouble. |