• massive_bereavement@fedia.io
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    4 months ago

    My elder has a panic button that is: “I’m too upset to talk about it right now.” And that by modern parenting it means timeout. It is though a pretty good idea because once every one has cooled down, it’s easy to talk out why there’s a coat of paint on the tv.

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      That’s actually kind of extremely mature, waiting until you aren’t upset/angry to talk about it takes a lot of maturity and usually helps