How to Listen When Your Kid Has a Bad Day
by Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Me from Lifehacker on (#4P053)

Our kids are-or very soon will be-back in school, which means the late-afternoon crankiness is coming. They've (mostly) held it together for their teachers all day, and we are their safe place, so as soon as they see us, they may feel compelled to unleash all of the day's frustration.