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Scenario

How couples navigate disagreeing about community involvement

My spouse and I are both involved in our kid's school community, but we have very different comfort levels with how much we should push back when we see problems with how the school handles discipline and equity issues. They think I'm being too confrontational and I think they're being too passive, and it's creating tension both at home and in our relationship with other parents.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people who share values discover they have different theories about when and how to fight for those values in shared spaces.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Confucian role identity?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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