{"id":3315,"date":"2023-10-17T15:15:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T19:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toryjoseph.test\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2023-11-10T08:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T13:59:42","slug":"parenting-styles-is-your-relationship-over-when-you-disagree-on-parenting-the-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toryjoseph.com\/parenting-styles-is-your-relationship-over-when-you-disagree-on-parenting-the-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Parenting Styles: Is Your Relationship Over When You Disagree on Parenting the Kids?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As a couples therapist specializing in parenting issues, I often see parents who disagree about how to raise their children. The most common of these disagreements revolve around how to discipline their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arguments about how to discipline kids <\/a>can be about whether it’s too much or too little discipline. Sometimes, one of the parents may feel their child is taking advantage of them, while the other parent thinks that more discipline will only create unnecessary conflict. Sadly, each parent can begin to feel they are undermining one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From undermining one another around parenting, the couple soon begins a pattern of a power struggle. That power<\/a> struggle<\/a> can bleed into all parts of their relationship. Once a couple becomes locked into a power struggle, each partner begins to take a stronger stand on all topics to prove they are right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unfortunately, when the power struggle happens and sticks – the relationship dynamic changes to become more about being right and not losing the “upper hand”<\/strong> in the relationship. When the couple gets to this point of focusing on winning and no longer working together as a team, they head into much heartache for themselves, the relationship, and the entire family. So, what to do if you’re stuck in this pattern with your partner and disagree on parenting styles?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nHow To Manage Parenting Styles That Don’t Match<\/h2>\n\n\n\n