Posted by Susan47 on March 1, 2005, at 22:26:27
In reply to Re: Chapter 3, posted by Toph on March 1, 2005, at 21:59:16
Yes, I have those experiences with my youngest children, they're eight and ten, but I hurt their trust in themselves sometimes by saying the wrong thing. That used to make me angry with myself, then I'd be super quiet and it would make everything worse for them; when I finally realized that, then I learned to talk about the thing I'd said that caused the discord. And they were healed, and happy right away. It's nice that you can do that now; some parents never achieve that with their kids, so you're ahead of the game. I'll bet your son really trusts you. You had an awesome weekend in the end, didn't you. Because you put your heart out there and you trusted your son with it, and he gave you his heart, his trust, in return. Go, Toph. Here, let me be your cheerleader :-) you're awesome. Would you be my dad?
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