Do You And Your Partner Have These Parenting Fights? Top 10 Things Parents Argue About Revealed

Parenting can be a tough job at times – especially when there are two of you to make every single decision.

So it’s stands to reason that there are a lot of arguments involved. Eight a month, apparently.

Research from care.com found that the best way to discipline a child is the main thing that parents disagree on, followed closely by giving in to tantrums and one parent saying “yes” to a child when the other just said “no”.

Other disagreements between parents were found to be one not following through on a threat of punishment and one parent being too strict or shouting. While more than three quarters of parents admit to disagreeing or rowing with each other over the upbringing of their child.

“It’s perhaps not surprising that at top of the list on what parents disagree on most was how to discipline a child,” says Liz Fraser, Modern Family Expert for Care.com.

“Everyone will have their own thoughts on what is the right or wrong way to bring up their children. Nobody said parenting was easy. But certainly, TALKING about the things you disagree on, and trying to reach some kind of workable, peace-keeping compromise, will really make things a lot easier.”

Other little arguments that can crop up between mum and dad were said to be caused by how much TV and films they should watch as well as how much food they should eat at mealtimes.

Sound familiar?

See the full list below…

Top 10 Things Parents Disagree On
1.    How to discipline their child
2.    Giving in to tantrums
3.    One parent saying yes to a child when the other had just said no
4.    One not following through on a threat of punishment
5.    One parent shouting or being too strict
6.    Whether to let a baby cry or self-settle
7.    How much to spend on them at birthdays and Christmas
8.    Immediately seeing to a crying baby
9.    Letting child sleep in parents’ bed
10.    How to reward children

While 51 per cent of parents are willing to compromise, 38 per cent of couples admit that the mum tends to have the final say.

But despite all the arguments, Liz has some advice for parents.

“Don’t sweat every battle,” she says. “Let some stuff go. But stick to the things you really believe in, and try to find a way to work together on them, not apart.”

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