When One Parent Laughs Along With Your Tween's Disrespect Of You
What happens when a tween disrespects one parent and the other laughs along, and how to fix it without shaming your child.
This Week’s Scenario
Your tween is annoyed about having to clean their room and says, out loud, in front of both of you, “Mom’s ruining my life making me do this.” Instead of correcting it, your spouse laughs and says, “Yeah, she really is a drill sergeant sometimes.” Nobody yelled. Nobody broke a rule. But your tween just learned that disrespecting you is something the two of them can share a laugh about.
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