This is the hardest lesson of parenting.

Sweet as his quickly granted absolution was, I know I can never take back the emotional reactivity, the tone or the harsh words spoken that understandably sparked in him an immediate shame response. That memory will always be there. There are no redo’s on our reactions.
Lessons from the Laundromat
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Mary DeVries
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This is the hardest lesson of parenting.
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I delight, despair and write about a life lived around the world. Fueled by Yorkshire Gold tea.
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