How aligned are your parenting styles?

Are you and your partner coming from the same place when you parent? What are the struggles? How do you want it to be in the future?

In the first 5 years after child birth, a staggering 40% of couples separate. Then when the teen years hit, a further 10.7% of couples with teenage boys and 11.7% of couples with teenage girls separate.

One of the reasons parents cite for separation and divorce is strained relationships due to disagreements on how to raise their children.

Being on the same page as your partner is crucial when you are parenting. If your children (and I use this term to encompass 0 – 18) know that they can divide and conquer, then that is exactly what they will do.

How many times have you found yourself saying one thing and your partner completely disagreeing with you?

How often do you fight in front of the children because you and your partner have disagreed with what has said or how they have handled a situation?

How often do you ‘slag off’ your partner to your children because you are angry that they didn’t see your point of view or back you up?

All of these, and more, leave resentment that builds up over time. Then suddenly one day you lose it over ketchup and decide enough is enough. The ultimatum is put out there. They go or you go.

We don’t know what will push our buttons before we have children. We don’t know how tired we will be from lack of sleep, constant questions, running children around, school, clubs, housework and work. It all becomes a Molotov waiting for the perfect condition to ignite the flame.

It doesn’t have to be this way. You don’t need to be at odds with your partner over the way that you parent.

Finding solutions so that you can parent together is key.

I am offering a power hour where we can come up with some strategies that will help you and your partner be on the same page.

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