056: Beyond Youre OK!: Modeling Emotion Regulation
I hear a huge crash.\n\nIt\u2019s my favorite glass vase. I hear \u201cI didn\u2019t mean to hurt it, Mommy! It just fell!\u201d as I run full-pelt from the other end of the house.\n\nIt was a family heirloom passed down by my grandmother. I\u2019ve asked her not to touch it a hundred times. I am beyond furious. \u201cPlease don\u2019t be mad, Mommy. It was an accident.\u201d\n\nI clench my teeth. \u201cI\u2019m not mad.\u201d\n\n_______________________________________________________\n\n\n\nWhat does my daughter learn from this exchange? How does my own emotional regulation affect what she learns about how to regulate her own emotions? We'll learn about this in today's episode.\n\nNote that this episode is the second in the ill-fated experimental short episodes - we'll be back to the regular length hereafter! In case you missed it, the first episode in this series was Three Reasons Not To Say You're OK.