Kimberly’s Reviews > Momma Cusses: A Field Guide to Responsive Parenting & Trying Not to Be the Reason Your Kid Needs Therapy > Status Update

Love the obscure reference to Finding Nemo.

Smacks of the new song "Messy" by Lola Young.

The decision-making decision maker makes me think of real life DnD or that scene from SpongeBob where they need to ask the magic conch.

Best advice/reasoning comes on same page as best joke.
"In the same way that apologies teach our kids what to do when we make mistakes, practicing self-care teaches our kids that they can and should care for themselves. It also teaches them empathy. In order for you to take a minute, your kid first needs to know that you need a minute, and second have the empathy to grant you that moment of self-care."
"Take that..."

"yelling is emotionally driven, charged, or motivated. It is both a release and can be used as a weapon of intimidation.
Shouting is communication with elevated volume or, occasionally, elevated urgency."

How very Dr House of you.
"We've been dishonest with each other since we figured out how to vibrate our vocal cords in a controlled fashion."

Very interesting seeing the types of disobedience in print.
Intentional, Unintentional, Experimental, Impulsive, Malicious.

Great chapter title: Developmentally Appropriate Is Just Code For "This Too Shall Pass".

Very good synopsis. "Parents have a right to determine that "no" is incorrect and we still have to do the thing."

"Boundaries are the first taste of a kid being able to determine their own needs as well as the needs of others. Essentially, it is their first lesson in empathy."