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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone always had a meltdown in my family around Christmas for one reaspn or another, and now as an adult and a mom I sometimes do too, especially if I'm hosting or having a stressful time at work. It's just a time of high expectations and emotions for some people. Maybe my whole family is dysfunctional, but at this point rather than ruining Christmas I view it as a bump in the road where someone's "having big emotions," like we'd say for a toddler. [b]Your mom is having big emotions. Validate kindly and move on[/b]. [/quote] I think this is generally good advice, but the problem is she’s also lashing out and hurting people. That needs to be shut down— however kindly— before she does long term damage to a relationship that is important or (worst case) you find out ten years from now that your kids really hated how you never protected them from Grandmas big feelings. [/quote]
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