Milk and Madness

What do you do if your partner's parenting style conflicts with yours? Or, if you find yourself parenting in a way that you did not expect? Or... maybe you're the exact kind of parent you thought you would be? 🤔 

It's difficult to know what type of parent you'll be until you're in the thick of it, so even more impossible to foretell what type of parent your partner will be. Join us as we discuss our experiences of having partners who both have different parenting styles!! This is a follow up to episode 10 where we revealed our own parenting styles, and if we felt they were accurate or now. 

Key takeaways:
- It can be difficult if your partner's parenting style conflicts with you, it'll come down to communication and how well you and your partner can communicate and work through things
 - Working on yourself before you become a parent will help you greatly 
- Your parenting style is, in a way, an extension of your personality, but it's an extension that you've never experienced before so it's really hard to know what type of parent you'll be!
- Parenting does go beyond just you and your partner - your friends, your family, childcare - they all get involved. 

What we discussed:
00:18 Intro
00:42 Brief overview of the four main types of parenting styles
01:29 Nhi's husband's parenting style - What is the 'nature' parenting style?
02:36 Does Nhi agree??
03:42 Dee's husband's parenting style - another 'attachment' parent!
04:01 What is the 'attachment' parenting style?
04:50 Does Dee agree??
05:24 When parenting styles (kind of!) complement each other
07:12 When parenting styles are more like chalk and cheese
08:39 It's not always blue skies and rose tinted glasses
10:16 Advice to those who are about to become parents
10:36 Work on yourself BEFORE you become a parent
14:37 Some questions to ask each other
15:18 Amazing deck of cards to help you discover who you might be as a parent
18:10 Disagreeing with some things
19:11 It takes a village - parenting styles beyond your partners
20:41 Do others need to adapt to your parenting style?
23: 11 Juggling the kids, routines, and life
26:29 Any themes for conflict?
27:38 Pulling others up when their style conflicts with ours
29:14 Do others generally respect your parenting style?
31:13 Wrap up

Sources mentioned:
Parenting quiz (let us know what you get!)
Parenting.com

Parenting cards we discussed : Creating Humanity (We do really recommend these!!)

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Remember, you’re doing a great job! 

With love, 

Nhi & Dee 

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