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This is a tricky balance.

There is a joke about a kid who not liking the no he got from one parent,

asked the other in order to get a yes. Never come between your mother and I, the father says we sleep in the same bed together. And it's true, we have to back our spouses or it turns our homes into

chaos. If one parent says no to TV, the other can't say yes just because they don't want to be

bothered. As frustrated as you might be with your spouse or co-parent, healthy boundaries dictate that our

children are not appropriate places for us to vent those feelings. Your child doesn't need to

take the brunt of your displeasure with your spouse just because you guys disagree on how late

they can have ice cream. Yet it also can't be ride or die. Your united front

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