What Would You Like to Talk to Your Partner About Before the Children Are Born?
Raising children is difficult, and if your partner helps you, it’s good to be on the same wavelength. Of course, it’s impossible to discuss every little detail before you have children, so if you are a parent, what would you like to talk to your partner about before you have children?
Even if your kids have grown up or you are no longer with your child’s other birth parent, you may have advice to help other parent-to-be talk about what is important. A similar question was asked on the AskWomen subreddit , and these are some of the most common topics people would like to talk about when it comes to parenting:
- How to deal with unwanted advice from others, especially close family members and friends.
- Share the role of parenting and how you can support each other when the other is keeping the rules.
- Who (if anyone) needs to stay at home to take care of the children, and what does that mean for each of you in terms of the household and other chores that support the household.
- What to do if your child has serious health problems, from ultrasounds to problems that develop later in life.
- How can you best support each other during the most difficult times (for example, right after the birth of a child or when they have reached a notoriously awful age).
Share your topics in the discussion below. Beyond the topic, try to point out why the parents-to-be should talk about it and if you have any tips that have helped you and your partner.