There was a funny/painful scene in "Up All Night" this week where Will Arnett stops being a SAHD dad and his wife (Christina Applegate) takes over as a SAHM. Christina struggles to climb the learning curve of SAH parenting, and Will Arnett responds by "backseat parenting" her... basically giving her advice on what she should do with their daughter (and how she should do it). Naturally Christina goes bananas and conflict ensues.

What was interesting was that the advice he was giving was actually pretty good... but despite that, it was painfully clear that he should just let her learn from her own mistakes. If she needed help or advice, she would ask him and be receptive to it!

Still though, it's hard to say nothing when it feels like your child's happiness is at stake!

Do you ever "backseat parent"? How about your SO?