S/O Do you ever step in?

[Wild Lupine]

This is a spin off to the 'In the heat of the moment thread.' Great question, great advice given. But it has got me thinking... do any of you ever step in with your partner's handling of the situation if it crosses a line. Like say if your partner spanked or shamed your child?

If you ever have or would step in, under what circumstances and how would you do it?

[LynnS6]

Occasionally.

Both dh and I will step in when the other parent is a bit over the top. Dh will usually say something like "that's enough" if I'm getting all wound up beyond proportion. (That happens more often than the reverse, I'm sorry to say.)

Rarely, very rarely, one of us will step in and say "Let me take this over." It's usually when one of us is at our wit's end and not behaving well.

It's a fine line to tread, because you don't want to undermine the other parent's authority, but sometimes we DO need a break or we are making things worse. It is a helpful reality check for me to have dh tell me to stop (even though, to be honest, I resent it a the time).