So how many of you have a child who messes up, does something wrong, and all you ask for is a simple

apology, and 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 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 kind of 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 Celebrate Calm.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 going to agree on how to discipline them.

And you're going to second guess each other, and it will cause conflict. So I want to give you

very practical examples, have 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 going to feel

like you're letting your child get away with things. You're going to feel judged by your own parents

and everybody else.

I think you are going to find this very, very helpful and practical. Let's say you've got two kids.

And we're going to say there's Kara, the compliant, kind of easy sister. And she says something

mean to Sarah, the strong will child.

And mom simply says, Kara, apologize to your sister.

And Kara immediately complies.

I'm sorry, I was mean to you, Sarah.

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