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[quote=Anonymous]Two things helped my DH: 1. Reminding him he won’t always be bigger than the kids. So the rule can’t be “bigger human gets his way,” the rule is “Dad gets his way.” Which means he needs better strategies than strength to make a kid listen. It’s true, while appealing to his desire for authority and respect. 2. PEP parenting classes. It only took two, but it gave him strategies without setting me up as the expert and him as the intern. It gave him confidence to come home and tell me about the class (so he got to be the expert parent for a bit), and when the strategies worked without him or kid screaming he could see they were just a better way to live. It would not have worked if I just sat him down and told him he was an abusive jerk and needed to be better. It could have been headed that direction, but calling names or setting myself up asan expert wouldn’t help any of the dynamics at play. [/quote]
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