Reply to How do you handle spouse who is always on phone by toddler?

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "How do you handle spouse who is always on phone by toddler? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you asked him to put the phone away?[/quote]

Not recently. He is particularly sensitive to “criticism.”[/quote]

Ok, so what that tells me is you spend a lot of time volunteering your opinions on how he should interact with your child. Remember that intensive mothering is stupid to begin with and understand that fathers, in general, are not as inclined to engage in that behavior. So, you need to step back and let him do his thing without you weighing in, making "suggestions" or otherwise trying to control how they interact. That's a dangerous trap and it will eventually kill your marriage. Let him parent his way.[/quote]

I don’t mean actual criticism. I mean any feedback that is not self generated or self confirmed. Like a barista asking if he wants his drink cold or hot and it’s supposed to be a hot drink so DH feels mocked and flies into a rage. He’s mellowed in the past couple years but that’s one example. [/quote]

He's in therapy, yes?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics