Well it sounds like you did some good validating. Validation is very important and if you can learn to do it well, you will find that it helps you in all of your relationships because in order to do it properly, it requires advanced listening skills.
I am curious about what she is putting on her chest? I am a little blond LOL…
School is something for you. Maybe you could use the bonus to pay for it? Just a thought…
Please remember that R talks are not the best thing but they do need to happen once in a while.
At this point in time, she is thinking about herself and anything you do, is going to be viewed as wrong. Telling the kids to be quiet, telling them not too….
It sounds like you did well.
"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox
