Wife and 11 year-old daughter coming nearly to blows daily.
My wife is adamant that my daughter‘s behaviour needs to be perfect at all times. Almost every single interaction is an argument. Daughter can’t stop herself and is prepared to argue every time. Wife’s demands are bordering on the ridiculous. It’s all normal boring stuff. Put your dishes in the sink, take your lunchbox out of your bag, tidy up after you have made a mess, etc. but when these tasks aren’t done to perfection, there is an explosion and an existential crisis. I am stuck in the middle I can’t side with the child and at the same time I completely sympathise with her. It’s the classic, wife is perimenopausal and daughter is going through puberty. Any advice? Not sure what to do, I am regularly accused of failing as a parent, siding with the child and generally being a bad husband when I don’t immediately back up my wife’s craziness.