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parenting?

Friday, January 16th, 2009
fox_maple asked:


My father-in-law was an emotionally absent father, and now my husband is having a hard time being close with our son. He loves our son to death, but he expects him to act like a little adult, is harsh with him when he doesn’t behave the way he wants, and is withdrawn from showing him affection. I understand why it is hard for him to open up and be close to people and that he shows affection in his own ways, but it’s killing me to watch this happen between him and our son. Our son idolizes him, and I’ve talked to my husband about the need to show him affection and not expect the world out of him (our son is only 2), but he only tries for a short period of time, or ignores what I said completely. Counseling is out of the question (he barely talks to me about this, he is NOT going to set foot in a counselors office) What can I do to get through to him, that being a father mean more than just being a disciplinarian?

Eugene

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parenting?

Sunday, January 11th, 2009
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i need help i’m not sure what to do. some one i know never lets her child do anything. he his a 1year and a half. she bought him a swing set and build a sandbox for him but she wont let him play with them because “he’ll get drity” as she puts it. he can barley speak english and she’s bringing him to classes to learn to speak spanish. no one in her family knows spanish including her. she’s only doing it because her nighbors kid is about 6months older than her son and he can count to 15in spanish and she’s jelous. what can i do to make her understand that not letting him play and get dirty is wrong? i think that the child is going to grow up and hate her because of this and i don’t want that to happen. so please tell me if you have any ideas.

Darryl

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What to do when you and your husband differ on parenting styles?

Thursday, July 17th, 2008
parenting
d4cav_dragoons_wife84 asked:


My husband and I agree on most everything on a lot of subjects, but parenting is one that we have a hard time agreeing on. My husband was also deployed for the first several months of my son’s life, so it was mainly me doing the parenting. I’ll give an example. My 15 month old son was given greenbeans. He took one bite and decided he didn’t care for them. My husband flew off the handle and got up & put them back in his mouth telling him he will eat every last one of those veggies until they were gone. My thought is that as long as he tried it and doesn’t throw them or say “eww gross” I don’t mind if he doesn’t finish that vegetable. My husband say’s no way no how he will be spoiled and a picky eater. Today my son was trying to get to something that wasn’t his and my husband put him on the other side of the room. That’s fine and I agree. But 30 min. later my son was still not allowed to play on the other side of the room even when the temptation had been removed! What to do?
When told my husband that after 30 min. he should be able to come back over since he wasn’t even going for anything except for his toys and he got pissed off at me! He said “fine, let him walk all over us! let him be spoiled!” I just don’t see the point in keeping him confined for that long when the point of “do not touch” has been well made by then. My husband says “the point to it is that I said stay there and he won’t listen”. It’s like it’s one extreme to the next and my husband says I’m going to raise my son to run all over us. I believe in teaching right from wrong and that our child should listen to us at all times, but not at the extreme my husband takes it to.

Emma

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