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Rereading because age 6 is ROUGH

Ryker noticed me taking a couple deep breaths in the middle of a fit with the kids. He said something like “what’s wrong? why are you breathing like that” and I told him I’m having a hard time right now so I’m trying to do some calming breaths

It’s not about fairness it’s about individual needs. The kids keep score and grow jealousy. They each need scheduled PNP (play no phone) helps them orient inward about identifying their needs

how rude that she puts the analogy of announcing baby to an older sibling on the mom ahaha “so imagine your husband comes home and tells you ‘you’re gonna be a big wife and we’re getting a little wife’ and then everyone asks how excited you are for your little wife to come and then when she gets there everyone gives her gifts and all the attention and she’s allowed to have everything that was yours”