Conflicting Parenting Styles? Essential Parenting Pillars Can Help

Jun 5, 2024 | Parenting

By: Laura Bennett

If you’re a family with young children, one of the challenges of family life is negotiating the different parenting styles of you and your partner, and resolving differing opinions when they arise.

Key points

  • Neuropsychotherapist Joanne Wilsons says child-centred parenting is very common but is blurring boundaries.
  • “When parents can provide a warm and loving but firm background… it sets them up for absolute success in life,” Joanne said.
  • When disagreements spring up within the household, listening is the key skill we all need to learn.