You may be surprised that after keeping your child safe and fed, your number one responsibility as a parent is to regulate your own emotions. When we have children, we can count on childish behavior. Our job is to calm the storm and not escalate the drama.
Your child is learning from you every day how to treat others and how to work out problems. The tone you use with your child will become their inner voice.
Imagine that someone criticized or yelled at you all day long. How would you feel? ...
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