Honesty was always an important thing when my kids were growing up. I must be able to trust someone in all areas of life. If someone breaks that trust it takes a while before I can trust again.
Parenting has been quite a challenge because my wife is coming to parenting from a completely different world view to my own. So inevitably I find myself at odds and do my best to avoid underming her parenting in any way. Fortunately on many issues we have consulted which makes for good outcomes. The thing is although as parents we are from East and West, we are not polar opposites but actually compliment each other when consultation takes place.
I can only guess at the insights it brings to my daughter as her society has changed so much from that which we as her parents knew for ourselves when under parental guidance back in the sixties. Mine in England, my wife's in China under the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution.
Our daughter also is definitely not contemplating motherhood.
I am sure that parenting with two parents within the same household holds challenges. Especially when there is cultural differences. But with love, and conversation and compromise success can be achieved.
For me I was a single parent and rules and or expectations different at their father`s homes. I was a young mother and definitely broke the cycle to the things in my own rearing I found distasteful.
Honesty was always an important thing when my kids were growing up. I must be able to trust someone in all areas of life. If someone breaks that trust it takes a while before I can trust again.
Parenting has been quite a challenge because my wife is coming to parenting from a completely different world view to my own. So inevitably I find myself at odds and do my best to avoid underming her parenting in any way. Fortunately on many issues we have consulted which makes for good outcomes. The thing is although as parents we are from East and West, we are not polar opposites but actually compliment each other when consultation takes place.
I can only guess at the insights it brings to my daughter as her society has changed so much from that which we as her parents knew for ourselves when under parental guidance back in the sixties. Mine in England, my wife's in China under the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution.
Our daughter also is definitely not contemplating motherhood.
I think you handled it perfectly. Well, at least like I would. Lol.
I am sure that parenting with two parents within the same household holds challenges. Especially when there is cultural differences. But with love, and conversation and compromise success can be achieved.
For me I was a single parent and rules and or expectations different at their father`s homes. I was a young mother and definitely broke the cycle to the things in my own rearing I found distasteful.