How to Be a Better Parenting Team

Whatever else is going on in the world — within your relationship, in your kids' lives, at work — it's imperative that you take steps to ensure that your children look at their parents (whether you're a couple or not) as a team. It doesn't mean that you can't each have your own styles and weaknesses (one of you is always going to cave and stop for ice cream more easily than the other, and that's a fact), but when it comes to the big stuff, stick to the same script. It may take a while to work out an agreement that you can both get behind, but in the end, everyone benefits.