Joanna Fortune: My husband and I have different parenting styles - how do we work on this?

My husband and I have different parenting styles. He loses his cool with our nine-year-old son, who has additional needs and finds it extremely difficult to regulate his emotions. 

He seems to be able to adjust his emotions in school, which leads me to believe it’s our home environment that’s the issue. If I don’t support my husband with his harsh approach, he starts an argument with me when I support our son when he’s upset and asks for a hug. 

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