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“How can I best survive in this atmosphere, without numbing my feelings, until I can move out?”

Allow the others to calm their own nerves; you don’t have to make everyone feel good

 As the mother of two young kids with a third on the way, I am terrified, to put it bluntly

Talking to a child can’t change his reactions. Only neural “rewiring” can do that

Parents often think their kids are wonderful human beings. Children often think their parents have many shortcomings

While your mother is closer to her daughters than she is to her sons or their wives, this isn’t a universally true pattern