Working to ease my wife’s worries while the kids are cooped up and bickering. I’m immune to kids complaints but it hits my wife hard.
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This is huge. Mate nurturing is a big struggle for many couples. Sometimes talking about it and working on the problem as a team (even including the older kids) helps the family unify around the goal and teaches the kids how to care for others.
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As a person with zero self-doubt and no complaints, I feel hurt and excluded by your content, Adam.
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I have a hard time making my needs a priority. My wife needs downtime. Which is usually when I get home. Typical evening is a whirlwind making sure everyone is taken care of. And it compounding and effecting my sleep.
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Sounds like a serious shift in priorities is needed.
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I work long hours at a labor intensive job so when I get home or when home on the weekends I struggle with being a person that anyone WANTS to be around. Not being grumpy/short tempered was a big struggle and something Im attacking with daddy full force.I must be better for them!
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Solid move. This is a huge battle. Rituals upon arrival help reorient us to the new task at hand. Setting breathing space to cool off first also helps.
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I am caught in the middle between my children (17 & 21) and my wife, who is not their mother. My relationship w kids is great. Kids’ relationship w wife is tenuous at best. Everyday is a tightrope walk
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This can happen when people don’t understand their defined roles. Tension boils over as no one knows what everyone else is thinking, and they’re left to guess the worst. Sometimes a clear conversation stating full love for each member and defining clear roles can help.
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