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[quote=Anonymous]Clearly, there are dysfunctional and abusive situations. My husband grew up in one of these and has every right to avoid his mom.

My parents were loving and ‘normal’, but I still prefer communicating with my dad vs my mom, because I perceive her as being judgemental. But I also concede that as a SAHM while he worked away from the house, she was always the one on hand to correct me, so of course, a disproportionate amount of discipline came from her.

I’ve got the same role vis-a-vis my son. He frequently says that I’m ‘always yelling’. In fact, I make a very conscious effort not to raise my voice. Still, he equates a sternly-spoken-because-it’s-the-third time requested ‘please put the video game away and start your homework’ with yelling. So, in his mind, I have become a nag. Does this mean he will avoid me in the future :(

How do you teach and correct a kid without becoming a nag? I want him to be a good, successful person with his own family AND to stay in touch with me & DH.[/quote]

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