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Originally Posted by EMama

Second, this is the second time I've come across how the husband didn't want to let a baby CIO, but the wife did, and thought that was interesting. I suppose it's partly personality styles, where a mother overrides her mothering sensitivity and a father shows more compassion??

I think it can be personality. IME, dad was far more sensitive and compassionate. He was raised in a non-Christian, violent and abusive home. He would have been totally for GBD if it had been introduced to him instead of Dobson.

Mom wasn't sensitive. She let me CIO. She spanked and hit. She didn't tolerate negative feelings. If I was sad or depressed I had to stay in my room. When dad was home he'd get us out to the park, or play a game with me or something.

I think it's personality