It was the best session you'd had with this family in weeks. Dad finally held the line, Mom didn't rescue, and the fourteen-year-old actually did his homework without a fuss, so naturally you drove home blasting that Beyonce track you always play when you win.  Of course, the following week they ...

When kids act out, a hidden driver is often split parenting: one parent gets harder, the other softer, each making things worse for the other. TLDR: When a child's behavior becomes the presenting problem, there's often a parenting split quietly running in the background — one parent getting hard...