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[quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry to hear this. DH and I had a lot of disagreements and issues when we were parenting our first. The situations are somewhat different, but it doesn't really matter--what matters is that you are feeling undermined and you two are not working as a team. There are two things to figure out

1) where is this coming from? does he feel insecure because you are SAH right now and he thinks you are somehow judging him as an inferior parent? is he envious of the time you get to spend with your child?

2) you absolutely have to be on the same page, as much as possible, about parenting. While mom and dad can have different styles, issues of discipline need to be handled consistently. This is where I would start. I would find a quiet time and tell him that you feel that you and he are not on the same page and that you think the two of you either need some parenting classes or some therapy to figure out why small parenting issues are becoming big marriage issues. Use specific examples from recent memory, using "I" language. (WHen you did X, I felt Y). Perhaps from this discussion you can get to the issues above. [/quote]

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