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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's more that my feelings about it are different than yours. Which is an appropriate lesson for kids to learn. Adults and men don't have the same cares as little girls. It's also not like he didn't help her. He gave her a new sheet of paper to scribble. She can learn that people help in different ways.[/quote]
It isn't about the feelings of adults vs. kids or men vs. women being different. I think if my dad spent an hour working on something that mattered to him and then my daughter doodled all over it, he would be upset too. (OP)[/quote]

DP.

So you haven't matured to be better at communicating your perspective but you expect your parents to be different.

You pull your kid aside to validate her feelings instead of validating them in front of your parents. You are too coward to stand up for your kid, and she will judge you as harshly as you are judging your parents.

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OP here. I'm sorry if the idea of "pulling aside" made it seem like I did it out of earshot of my parents. I just took her to the corner of the room we were all in, so that she would have some space from the situation to calm down. I wasn't hiding the conversation from my parents.[/quote]

Sorry I misunderstood that OP. Glad to hear you stand up for her in their presence![/quote]

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