Force the child to stay at the table. Oblige him or not to finish his plate. Send him to the corner or just explain to him that kicking mom is not very civil. In couples, educational differences are grounds for quarrels. For Adèle and Julien*, they were reasons for breaking up. “
When we only had one child, we managed to agree,
remembers the accompanying student with disabilities (AESH) of 32 years.
With the second, time accelerated.
The fatigue increased. Their conceptions of education have drifted apart, until they became irreconcilable.
“
Julien was too firm, I was not firm enough, he wanted our 2-year-old to finish his plate at all costs.
A subject they had discussed before becoming parents but on which she had changed her mind.
And he doesn't.
“
One day, one of our nephews had a whim not to finish his plate, he had won his case.
We thought we wouldn't do the same.
But,
sighs Adèle,
when the day comes when your child is sobbing because he doesn't want to finish his peas...
The meals changed...
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