It's critical to be on the same page as your partner when situations like this arise. You can then help each other pause, take a deep breath and remind each other that the best way to help your kid maybe to do less than you want to. Always actually get help from them. Don't solve the problems yourself. If you don't like being an a t m machine, turn off the a tm machine and become a joint problem solving machine.

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