Some people think that the adults shouldn’t fight when the kids are around to see it. I don’t recall my wife and I having a fight in 48 years but I imagine some people do that. So people who think like that are going to be disappointed. Who knows? Maybe “W” was a fighter and he just didn’t want to do it in public. But his failure to fight publicly harmed the country. Trump is not making Bush’s mistake.
I think you make a fair point.
For my husband and myself, we came from two different family types. His parents never argued in front of the children. In my family, the arguing was constant, but often there was no agreement, just caving in to the more powerful.
We decided that it might be worthwhile to let our kids see our arguments, but also see how the issues were resolved, too. We both apologized when it was our turn to say “I’m sorry.” Our kids learned that you can have disagreements and even when tempers flare up, there are ways to tone things down.
Confrontation doesn’t need to divide people forever. The Democrats keep wanting Trump to apologize, but I would like for Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff to apologize. I know that won’t happen. I like that Trump thanked the people who stood by him and fought for him. He doesn’t need to be chastened. That happens every day by the media.
I would love to see some Democrats decide it’s time to work for the American people again, and if they won’t, vote in people who will.
Trump’s vanity use to always bother me, but now I am starting to quite like it.
As for arguing, the wife and I think a low level fight or disagreement in front of the kids is good. They are part of the family and why hide it. Families are made of people and people are imperfect.
But when the argument gets more serious then we go to another room.