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Originally Posted by m21sniper
She's the one that needs the talking to then, not the boys. Children are expected to work against you. Your wife should certainly know better. A united front in parenting is utterly critical, or children will exploit the hell out of any fractures in parental cohesion/unity they see.
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The wife and I never get involved in the others disciplining of the children. If one of us starts the fight, then they have to finish it. If I tell the little animals to quiet down or it's 10 minutes of time out - then I have to enforce the rule until the end. No help from or appeals to the other judge are allowed.
We also rotate shifts with the disciplining. A typical shift might be an hour or so.
Or, we split them up - each takes a kid at bedtime. Putting one to bed is a lot easier than going back and forth between two.
Raising children gets exhausting, especially for us old folks!
Back to the original topic - bedtime should always be earlier than later. Kids need their sleep. 10:30pm for teenagers seems reasonable. If they won't go to bed at a reasonable hour, start getting them up at 5:45am. After a couple of days they'll be asleep by 8:30pm.