Treating your wife like a toddler to prove a point may not be the great decision you think it is.
Parenting is hard, and only they can really judge how they do it. Nobody has the power to tell anyone if their way of parenting is good or bad. That is something people need to discover for themselves, more like an intuition rather than a scale. They aren’t perfect parents, and most people do a fine job raising kids. Even though it is hard and super demanding, they end up having raised functioning adults who are good people, which is the main thing.
Having that in mind, there are always some things that, even for the people who don’t have kids, may seem obvious as “not okay to do”. In this Reddit story, we see several pieces of proof of that. First, we have a mother who is trying to oblige her 5-year-old daughter to wear a dress when she doesn’t want to. That seems like a big problem out of nothing. She’s 5, is fine if she doesn’t want to wear a dress for once. Second, the mom decides to punish the kid, taking away her toy rabbit just because she wouldn’t wear a dress. This is a big punishment over something almost insignificant. Also, taking away a kid’s stuffed animal seems so harsh for a simple punishment, especially when they are still in the developing phase. Lastly, the dad decides to expose her wife’s behavior, dismissing her in front of the child and treating her as a toddler to prove a point.
Even though the whole situation seems like the escalation of a simple situation to total drama. I do think that the worst part is how the dad acted. Dismissing your wife in front of the child is something you just DON’T do. It can be a bigger problem in the future and can cause issues in the child’s behavior. If you think that your partner is doing something unfair, talk about it in private. Also, treating an adult like a child is disrespectful, especially if it’s your wife. The conclusion is that the mom was wrong, and that is clear, but the way the dad handled the situation is even worse.
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Author: Kayitsi.com
