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[quote=Anonymous]You need to have regular discussions with your husband about parenting.  The most important thing is that you two are on the same page.  Almost any parenting style can work with consistency and adjustment.  You need to talk about the small stuff and determine what is the goal.  If your daughter has healthy eating practices including eating regular and solid meals, and gets lots of exercise so that weight isn't an issue, then there isn't a problem having a cookie before dinner.  If however, your child is like mine and will gladly eat a cookie before dinner and then lose his appetite at dinner, eat about half a meal and then will complain an hour after dinner about being hungry, then you need to save a treat before dinner for special occasions.  If your husband has some real concerns for why a cookie before dinner is bad, listen and jointly come up with a solution to the problem and then both follow-through with the solution that you've jointly decided on.

The issue here is that you two are at cross-purposes.  You need to discuss what the issue behind rules is and come up with a uniform rule that addresses each of your concerns.[/quote]

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