"Asking my kids to get into the bath was like shouting into a void. Frustration. They demanded I chase them. That got them up the stairs."
"I decided to trap them both in one room and get their clothes off, so they had to get in the tub. They turned the light out to reduce my chances, and when I could start to make them out as my eyes accommodated..."
"That bedtime was effortful but easy in the sense that there were no fallouts. The next day, my daughter said, 'Can we play that 'dun-dun-dah' game again?' Bath time wasn't so easy."
"These moments of frustration, impatience, or even anxiety aren't a failure on your part—they're a sign that your body has shifted into a state designed to protect and defend."
Collection
[
|
...
]