Parenting

Parentcaster

the two primary failure modes imo would be to either act too quickly to placate them, or to react angrily/aggressively in retaliation. and in both cases it's totally understandable why someone would react that way to incomprehensible rage. it's not an easy thing to sit with

imo the general vibe to hold is ~"its ok that you're upset about this, and/but it's my job to make decisions that are in everyone's best interests, which I may not always be correct about". this is hard to hold while tired + getting screamed at + they cannot yet understand

Visakan Veerasamy

Author of INTROSPECT and FRIENDLY AMBITIOUS NERD

@visakanv nails it, per usual https://x.com/visakanv/status/1942012545671598284