> It's one thing if you're there to provide encouragement or a bit of help doing something vs. telling her to get it done and walking away. The former is defin

> It's one thing if you're there to provide encouragement or a bit of help doing something vs. telling her to get it done and walking away. The former is definitely my approach. I never just dump her into a situation and ignore her, nor do I do everything for her. For example, cleaning up around the house is a joint effort. And arguments and power struggles are always followed up by reconciliation and reassurance that I still love her despite us being angry at each other. My biggest struggle is not knowing whether a punishment or correction is too severe (because all of the ones I received were), so I tend to be more lenient in a lot of situations where maybe I shouldn’t be.