I've recently starting trying out some listening skills that are described in one of my favorite child-rearing books, "Your Child's Self-Esteem". Todd and I both read it when the kids were babies, and I had decided I could use a refresher.
On Saturday, Xavier was upset and I had the chance to practice. Xavier talked for about 15 minutes, not only about the one incident that upset him at that time, but also about many things that have been happening at school these last couple of weeks. At one point, in this outpouring of feelings, he said "I just feel like a big Blame Bucket". After he shared this, he paused and said quite matter-of-factly, "I'm not sure where I got this word, but it sure sounds right".
Most of my attempts at this listening method have not worked, but I thought I'd share this snippet from Xavier.
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