When Parents Have Different Styles: Does It Spell Disaster?
Category: PARENTING
When your parenting style differs from that of your partner, it can be frustrating at best and destructive at worst, creating dissonance and distance between partners and confusion among the kids. But different parenting styles needn't spell disaster. Divergent styles can help prepare kids for a world of negotiating various types of people.
By Dr. Peggy Drexler, Contributor
Author, research psychologist and gender scholar, 2012-09-29