Your Tween Sees an Opportunity When Each Parent Disciplines Differently

It's not manipulation, it's a loophole.

This Week’s Scenario

Your tween asks you something, you say no, and twenty minutes later they’ve asked your spouse the same thing, hoping for a different answer. Or they try to use your different discipline styles to get what they want. They don’t have the words yet to call this manipulation, and it isn’t really that. It’s a completely natural response to two parents who answer things differently depending on who’s asked. That’s not a character flaw in your child. It’s what any tween would do with a loophole that’s been sitting there for them to find.

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