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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very similar experience. My parents overreacted and were short tempered a lot of the time when I was growing up. I think I repressed a lot of the memories of childhood until I had my own kids and found myself struggling to deal w the day to day challenges of having kids. Then I found myself acting the way my parents did, hated it, couldn’t understand why I was acting that way, had a revelation that that was how I was raised, and now am actively working against those natural tendencies to be a better, calmer parents for my own kids. [b]Reading books about being an adult child of emotionally immature parents has helped. [/b]In the moment, trying to see things from my kids’ perspective, focusing on the kids and their feelings and motivations rather than on my own feelings or expectations of the kids has really helped me to empathize with my kids and help them cope with the big emotions they have. it helps me remain calm and patient and really listen to them. 
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PP, can you recommend some of these?[/quote]

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