My mother-in-law watches our two-year-old twice a week and she keeps using bribes and threats that go against everything we're trying to teach him about choices and natural consequences. My husband says I'm being too rigid but I feel like we're sending mixed messages that are confusing our son.
More people experience this than they realize.
The people who help raise a child bring their own deeply held beliefs about authority, respect, and how children should be shaped.
“Where Are You with Toddler development and discipline philosophy?”
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