Pretending

Yessa just came in to show me her burnt finger and to be reassured it was okay.

I looked at it. It was fine. Offered her some options for how to deal with it.

After she left I considered that about 30-50% of my parenting is based on acting like whatever they show or tell me I’ve seen or heard before and it will be fine.

Never show shock.

All these years of talking to myself and making up stories in my head… it was training.

Not sure how Buddie is also such a fantastic parent since he never talks to himself… he says.

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