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[quote=Anonymous]I sometimes feel ragey toward one or both of my kids. My 9-year-old really gets under my skin. I think it's because I experience her as so similar to me and when the worst parts of me come out of her, it's very triggering. My 5-year-old is different from me and I think that when I can't match his energy, it triggers both of us. We do go through phases where joy is lacking, and I think that is normal. One thing I have found is that when I make the decision to radically accept everything that comes my way from them, the day tends to go better. I need to work at it, and if I'm not in a great space hormonally or sleepwise, it's harder. But like, if they start fighting, instead of getting reactive and angry, I just calmly state that we need to get going, etc. and it really diffuses things faster. I wish I could harness that for always.[/quote]
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