Child Great One-on-One, But Disrupts Family Dynamic, Won’t Apologize to Sibling? #577

Kirk Martin· Host0:00

So how many of you have a child who messes up, does something wrong, and all you ask for is a simple apology, and that... yet they will just dig in and they will refuse to apologize? And the more that you demand an apology, the more they will resist. And you can take away everything they own, and they just won't care. Do you have a child who when you go out, like say you're one-on-one with them, it's, like, really good. It's like, "I've got my child back." It's enjoyable. But then when you and your spouse are both there together, it's like an entirely different child, and the situations kinda get blown up. That is what we're going to discuss on today's episode of the Calm Parenting Podcast. So welcome. This is Kirk Martin, founder of Celebrate Calm. You can find us at celebratecalm.com. So look, there are a few things here, and I do encourage you to share this episode with your spouse because if you're not on the same page, your kids, they're not going to divide you. You're going to allow them to divide you because you're not gonna agree on how to discipline them, and you're gonna second-guess each other and it will cause conflict. So I wanna give you very practical examples of how to make this work because we've got a lot of dynamics going on. We've got sibling issues. We've got parents who differ on how to discipline. You're gonna feel like you're letting your child get away with things. You're gonna feel judged by your own parents and everybody else. I think you are going