Sharing childcare over summer breaks can reveal sharp contrasts in parenting styles.

One mother is reluctant to relinquish control as she grows increasingly concerned that her husband’s approach doesn’t provide the stability and routine her kids need.

Does she need to step back and let him parent his way, or is she right to be concerned?

Read on for the full story!

AITA for telling my husband what to do with the kids?

My husband is a teacher and also has a side hustle, so he works a lot.

Our kids are 15, 6, 4, and 2. We agreed that I would quit my job so he could grow his small business and also get a master’s degree.

Now that life is busier for her, she finds herself delegating many of her usual tasks to her husband.

I am the primary parent and take on the vast majority of household responsibilities.

I went back to school and am almost done. I am set to student teach in the fall but have to have all of my classes completed by then.

I am taking four accelerated classes over the summer. It’s very fast paced and demands a lot of my time.

My husband is still working over the summer but only three nights a week for 2-3 hours at a time. He is now responsible for the majority of the childcare and household chores.

But she doesn’t exactly approve of the job he’s doing so far.

He’s a little ticked at me because I have told him what to do a few times.

The kids have been watching an excessive amount of TV, and I told him to take them either to the pool or a museum or the backyard—just something other than TV.

I also asked him to please loosely maintain meal and snack times, as if they snack all day, they eventually reach a point where 90% of their nutrients are coming from Goldfish crackers and dry cereal.

He seems to balk at all of these suggestions.

He clearly does not want this input, and I’m wondering if I need to just accept that my kids will spend most of the summer eating Goldfish and watching TV.

I guess there are worse things in life, but it’s not how I run things, and I’m having a hard time with it.

AITA for telling him to do stuff with the kids?

These parents both want the best for their kids, but can they agree on a way to achieve that?

Let’s let Redditors weigh in on the dilemma.

Getting back on the same page with her husband may be a long road ahead, but it is possible.

On the other hand, maybe her husband deserves to be cut a little slack.

This user thinks it comes down to a lack of trust.

Parents aren’t always going to parent the same way, and maybe that’s okay.

Compromise will be the key to a smoother summer for everyone.

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