the current disagreement my husband and i are having is as follows: keep in mind that i've raised 2 children to adulthood, and he has never raised any children--my 13 year old son from a previous marriage has been adopted by my current husband. we have been married for almost 5 years. things were fine with agreed upon parental decisions until my son hit pre-adolescence. here it is: i told my son that on school nights, his general bedtime should be "around 9:30." my husband thinks that should be a "rigid rule." the kid is trying to finish up his chores at night, brush teeth, finish homework, etc., and if he's not in his actual bed at 9:30, my husband threatens to begin punishing him. i have told him to back away from these minor things, that it's a GENERAL bedtime, not etched in stone. he says rules are made to be kept. i think it's utterly ridiculous to put that kind of time frame on a daily life activity that can easily vary from night to night within a 15 minute zone.
2007-08-21
16:26:34
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