
In your house does one parent bear the burden of disciplining the kids?
That's the way it is in our house. Mommy (a.k.a. ME) is the one who most responds to the kids' behavior.
Part of this is because I am the one around them the most. Obviously, the one who gets them ready for school and the one who's home after school to hang out with them is the one who has the most exposure. But so often when we're both with the kids I find myself being the one responding to their negative (or positive) behavior. It's not that we have difference expectations of them. Luckily, we are on the same page about that. But when we're together my husband sort of leaves it all up to me...and when he's alone with them he's big on threatening consequences and small on following through. Mommy always follows through.
This can get annoying as I'm sure you can imagine. I'm not here to complain about my husband, however. This is SO not the forum for that. But I'm wondering what other people's experiences are. Do you have the same expectations as your spouse when it comes to your children's behavior? Does one of you bear the burden of being the disciplinarian? Is it 'wait 'til Daddy gets home'? or, like in our house, 'You better settle down or I'm sending Mommy up here?'