Different Parenting Styles, But Can We Work Together to Help Our Children? - Ollie & Gareth Locke Locke
As they support their twins’ speech and language development, Ollie and Gareth Locke-Locke confront different parenting styles and learn how to communicate and work as a team.
Ollie and Gareth Locke-Locke have different instincts when it comes to teaching, playing and encouraging their twins. What begins as a shared mission to help their children communicate soon highlights their contrasting parenting styles and personalities – and the effect those differences can have on their own relationship.
As frustrations surface, the couple explore how easily parenting disagreements can create tension, particularly when both parents are trying to do what they believe is best for their children.
With the twins’ speech and language development still at the heart of their efforts, Ollie and Gareth begin to recognise the different strengths they each bring as dads. Rather than trying to parent in exactly the same way, can they learn to understand each other’s approach, communicate more openly and find a way to meet in the middle.
As they work to support their children’s communication skills, Ollie and Gareth face a challenge many couples will recognise: how do you work as a parenting team when your instincts and approaches are different?
