Today I had a bad day. Couldn't cope with the every day struggles and just cried. I did my best not to cry in front of my 4 year old, but he still could sense something was wrong and he kept getting angry at me and being difficult. So, at some point, I couldn't hold it anymore and we ended up crying together. After we calmed down, this is what happened: HE told me we should go and fix the mess he made during his tantrum. While tiding up, he explained this to me: "it's ok to cry. You just have to breathe in and breathe out (it's what we tell him when he gets emotional). Now we are stronger; we had one heart, but now we have more hearts than before, and because of that we are stronger now". Just wanted to share it. I'm quite embarrassed because of today and not feeling the best of mums... But having him empathize with me and comfort me tells me what an amazing boy he is, and that all these years of teaching him about managing emotions are starting to show results. I just wish he didn't have had to comfort me, his mother, it doesn't matter if for the entire year I've been calm and creative when dealing with his tantrums... Today I was sad and couldn't snap out of it on my own and kept spiralling down. I'm so scared of scarring him for life with my depression. But this f*****g time of the year, and THIS year specially, I just couldn't hold the front for the day... via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/39wFfaH
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