My wife and my son tend to have many more power struggles than he and I do. I was wondering why as we use the same discipline techniques. I can muster up my TEACHER VOICE on command, which helps. But I noticed tonight that she came right in from doing other things to putting him to bed without spending time connecting with him, which is not uncommon. I tend to go into bedtime from spending some quality time with him. [Of course, it much easier to see what you think your spouse does wrong than what you do wrong.] But I suggested that they spend some time together first and voila, no bedtime power struggle. This is only one data point but I believe it has some general validity. This got me thinking about how this works as a teacher in the school setting. No answers there yet but I am thinking about it.
