living on a battleground as my husband David* and eldest daughter Rachel* began fighting constantly.It came as a surprise – I’d never worried about how David and I would cope when the teenage years hit.
When Rachel was born, we’d found our parenting groove fairly easily. I paused my career to be the stay-at-home parent while David continued his in hospitality, and we each respected what the other contributed to the family.Even when we had small disagreements about the girls – our second daughter Sophie* was born four years after Rachel – we worked them out between us and put on a united front.Ben*, David’s son from a previous relationship, lived with us too.
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