It’s. So. Frustrating. We try and try to help our kids and they don’t listen! They whine. They act out. They tell us we don’t understand. They say mean/hurtful things. What to do??? Maybe, just maybe, we can CHANGE UP our game a bit and have better results, MORE connection and,THUS, move ahead with relationship….
Despite what we believe, we do NOT completely and absolutely KNOW what we would do when faced with a specific adversity or experience UNTIL we ACTUALLY live it. Seems easy to stand in judgement of another’s behaviors/beliefs/choices by what you ASSUME your own would be, IF you were in their shoes. But if we aren’t…