Good faith means living with answers you don’t want to hear.
I mean if you ask and then say “I don’t want to do that” to her answer, what do you expect when you ask how about a hike instead?
You can choose which routes are available for a child to express their personhood, but you can’t prevent its expression.
Holding their expression of autonomy in contempt has consequences that you probably don’t want.
Learning from your child, on the other hand, will probably pay off for the rest of your lives.
TikTok is more interesting than most people.
Good faith means living with answers you don’t want to hear.
I mean if you ask and then say “I don’t want to do that” to her answer, what do you expect when you ask how about a hike instead?
You can choose which routes are available for a child to express their personhood, but you can’t prevent its expression.
Holding their expression of autonomy in contempt has consequences that you probably don’t want.
Learning from your child, on the other hand, will probably pay off for the rest of your lives.
TikTok is more interesting than most people.