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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - husband has not talked about being bullied, but has said he didn't really have friends until college. [b] I wonder if his dad was like this with him.  His dad is very jokey.  My husband and I also have a very playful, jokey relationship but I am an adult.  My child doesn't understand the joking/teasing like I can. [/b] Sometimes she will say "are you kidding?" and it's playful and fine.  But other times, he just pushes and pushes until she gets so frustrated she is yelling, whining, hitting him.  It's those interactions that make me crazy.   [/quote]
Maybe a stretch, but I think your DH may be trying to mirror the jokey relationship he had with his dad with his DD, which maybe he feels was their way of bonding. So it probably started out harmless in his mind.

However, the fact that he is punishing her for not receiving it as well as he did is not ok. It's turning into emotional abuse and he needs to STOP before he wrecks his relationship with her. Your DD is not HIM. She's a different person with her own view of the world.

Speaking of viewing the world: you're right that kids, especially really young ones like yours, can't process humor and sarcasm:

[url]https://www.fatherly.com/parenting/teasing-kids-bad-parenting-funny-dad/[/url]

Tell your DH to read this article and to cease doing this -or anything, really- that causes unnecessary strife.[/quote]

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