Hi,
I don't usually write a lot at this forum, but this time I feel that I need advice. My son have had some issues this summer - bad self-image, lack of appetite, generally bad behaviour - and I feel that it have gotten out of hand. Last week he came home with bruises. He was also recently caught shoplifting at the local store. They chose not to press charges, but we are really disappointed in him.
My wife talks a lot about this new way of viewing parenting, which she apparently heard on Oprah or one of those shows, where one parent is supposed to be the sensible one, and the other is the one in charge of the harsher sides of parenting. This is a very common way of dividing the roles, with the father punishing and the mother being supportive - at least this is the way my parents were.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Turns out I'm going to be the "bad parent" and i'm not sure if I'm comfortable with it.. What to do?
I don't usually write a lot at this forum, but this time I feel that I need advice. My son have had some issues this summer - bad self-image, lack of appetite, generally bad behaviour - and I feel that it have gotten out of hand. Last week he came home with bruises. He was also recently caught shoplifting at the local store. They chose not to press charges, but we are really disappointed in him.
My wife talks a lot about this new way of viewing parenting, which she apparently heard on Oprah or one of those shows, where one parent is supposed to be the sensible one, and the other is the one in charge of the harsher sides of parenting. This is a very common way of dividing the roles, with the father punishing and the mother being supportive - at least this is the way my parents were.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Turns out I'm going to be the "bad parent" and i'm not sure if I'm comfortable with it.. What to do?