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05-24-2007, 08:55 PM

Thank you so so much for taking the time to summarize. I am crying here knowing how ineffective we've been to handle my very emotional 3.5 year olds upsets, with very little to go on for providing us and her with tools she can use to help herself as she grows. She and I have talked about her feelings very briefly - only to the point that we are both in agreement that we don't know why she gets so upset, she just does.

At first, when I saw this book recommended to me, I thought, "great, another book I have to get/read and not know how to implement". But I love the summarizing you are doing, because it lays out the important parts so I really understand that I DO NEED this book. Probably more than any other at this point, because it's the only one with the specific tools to help her learn to manage her emotions. This is our biggest obstacle between us. It's not enough to be just reflecting and sympathetic to her, but also to be able to provide her with the skills to manage them. And honestly, it probably will teach me to manage my own.

Thank you so so so much again....I've felt so helpless with regards to her. And now I see there are real tools to help her.

05-24-2007, 08:55 PM	#46
GrowingInGrace Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Discussion of "Dealing With Disappointment" by Elizabeth Crary Thank you so so much for taking the time to summarize. I am crying here knowing how ineffective we've been to handle my very emotional 3.5 year olds upsets, with very little to go on for providing us and her with tools she can use to help herself as she grows. She and I have talked about her feelings very briefly - only to the point that we are both in agreement that we don't know why she gets so upset, she just does. At first, when I saw this book recommended to me, I thought, "great, another book I have to get/read and not know how to implement". But I love the summarizing you are doing, because it lays out the important parts so I really understand that I DO NEED this book. Probably more than any other at this point, because it's the only one with the specific tools to help her learn to manage her emotions. This is our biggest obstacle between us. It's not enough to be just reflecting and sympathetic to her, but also to be able to provide her with the skills to manage them. And honestly, it probably will teach me to manage my own. Thank you so so so much again....I've felt so helpless with regards to her. And now I see there are real tools to help her.

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