Just had a conversation this week with DH re: #2. He's really hard on mistakes, especially his own. He is also a big perfectionist. When DC do something laudible, he'll express his approval and then usually point out where they could have done it better. I'm trying to get him to temper that a bit, but it's a hard habit to break.
I've got advice for this situation!
1) get DH to read 'Transforming the Difficult Child Workbook' by Howard Glasser and Lisa Bravo
2) Shamu your DH. When ever he shows a partical of restraint, or even 'almost catches himself before being hard on DS' notice and verbalize.
Have a great weekend,
Grinity
