"The statement, 'I hear you don't want kids, but I am so sad about that as I had thought I would be a grandparent' lands a lot differently than 'I hear you don't want kids and I am so sad about that as I had thought I would be a grandparent,'" she told HuffPost.
"This can take a lot of pressure away from the child and allow them to simply listen and empathize without feeling guilty or pressure to change their own choices," Efron said.
"Sometimes when trying to have conversations about painful things, offering solutions can make a person feel unheard and invalidated, rather than simply acknowledging their feelings and allowing them to have them," Efron said.
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