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So in continuation on our mini series on three ways to honor your spouse today is way number two. Don't correct them like a child. So Dr. Kim,

what do we mean when we say don't correct them like a child? One of the things I talk about with

parents in counseling is as their children grow up, you have that parent-child relationship.

And eventually you wanted to get, probably by the time they're 18, somewhere in there, an adult-adult relationship.

And if you get that in mind, you're not going to treat that that 18-year-old that you're developing an adult relationship with like you did when their child.

You're not going to give them a timeout.

You're not going to send them to the room.

You're going to begin to make that an adult-adult relationship.

So it's the same thing I think as couples.

And I have seen couples in the past that it definitely becomes a parent-child relationship.

And so they're correcting them.

They're always acting like their mom or acting like their dad and you're not your

spouse's mom and you're not your spouse's dad. You're your spouse's spouse and you need to act

that way. And so don't correct them. Don't correct them. You know, one of the things that I think

is so hard is when someone corrects your spouse in public or around other people. And how hard

that is on, you know, that just belittles your spouse in front of people.

I think men and women probably take it a little bit different.

Men hit hard at probably the respect part.

And, you know, it really demeans them and things like that.

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