Parenting stinks (sometimes)

I watched my husband have to enforce a consequence tonight with one of the kids that he hated doing. I remember my parents telling me that punishing me hurt them worse than it hurt me. I always thought they were crazy to say that...now I totally understand what they meant. I don't understand how my husband can effectively parent when the other parent does everything she can do to undermine him. Parenting is hard enough to do without being undermined and manipulated at every turn. Parenting is personal, and sometimes the pain from being hurt by your child is unbearable. My husband is a great daddy, and now more than ever, I hope he knows that.