Validate Your Teen's Outbursts as You Would a Toddler's
by Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Me from Lifehacker on (#4J0CN)
Parents learn pretty early on that overreacting to a child's negative experience can make things worse. That's why when they fall and skin their knee as toddlers, we keep the expression on our faces neutral and say, "It's okay! You're okay!" We are their barometer for how bad things are, and when they see that we're"