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Date Posted: 12:47:07 04/29/03 Tue
Author: indigo9
Subject: It depends what it is....
In reply to: Kamalo 's message, "Undermining Parental Authority in Front of the Child" on 10:06:51 04/29/03 Tue

There are some things that I let my kids do with me and dh doesn't (or vice versa). Examples are: He lets them lick his face; I don't. He lets them take more physical risks than I do. (I think that's cool. I trust his judgement; there are just some things I can't stomach, though.) The kids understand that there are things that make me nervous and that's a good reason to not do them around me. It's not that I rationally believe that they shouldn't do them. I just can't stand to watch. I can't think of what I let them do that dh doesn't, but I do remember that happening. I just can't remember what. I remember saying something like, "That gets on Daddy's nerves, so don't do it around him. I don't mind it though." It was probably just extreme loudness and rambunctiousness.

About your last paragrah, though, I wouldn't yell at dh in front of my kids. I can't even imagine yelling at him at all. But if I felt that he was being too hard on one of the kids, I wouldn't let it continue either. I might say to him, "I think that she's just having a hard time with that." Or if I felt that he was just really stressed, I might say, "Can you take the garbage out, and I'll help her finish up the puzzle?" lol. Kill two birds with one stone.

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  • Good question -- milli, 08:39:59 04/30/03 Wed
  • Agree on that last sentence... -- LOF, 11:52:42 04/30/03 Wed
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