Re: Good Cop, Bad Cop Parenting
lol!!! Your little one reminds me of my sister when she was that age! She was a strong willed little thing! My mom one time gave her a smack on the butt and my sis told her THAT didn;t hurt." Also, "I dont care" was a pretty typical response when something was taken away from her!! Very frustrating!!
Anyway, hubby and I equally share the good cop and bad cop roles. He works very long hours so I have the majority of time with the boyz - discipline is a must. When hubby does spend time with them, he can't just be all fun and games because they'd see him as a playmate instead of a parent.
The boyz dont fear either one of us but they do care very much about making us proud of them and they get upset when we're angry at them. When they do something wrong, they usually lose a privelege for a while but they care more about the fact that we're angry than they do about the loss of privelege. I guess they fear our disapproval. It works...