little pitchers
Saturday, May 02, 2009
J and I are piloting the Parenting Safe Word system. This is to be employed when the kids are being, ahem, challenging: it enables one parent to inform the other, in the presence of the children and in the heat of the situation that they may, possibly, be overreacting and inadvertently escalating matters, and that in the co-parent's entirely respectful opinion, they need to step back. Maybe go for a short, calming walk. However it does this quietly and discreetly without undermining that parent's authority in front of the kids, thereby provoking resentment, intemperate language and general Bad Things.
Ours is 'chloroform', if you're at all interested.
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