My GALing and His Bailing Part 5

[KenF]

like Scylla_Charibdis describes with the broken glass, its a change of perspective and response.

my daughter would break down in tears whenever a toy broke, it would go on and on, till she couldnt breathe, and then i'd fix it and she'd still sob. so i told her she and i were 'fixers' (which i am, i have the need to fix things) and when her toys break now, she calmly says we're fixers, gets the glue or screwdrivers or batteries and we fix them together. she loves when her toys break.

nothing has changed, the toy is still broken, but her response is the polar opposite. has not cried over a broken toy since.

all perspective and response.