You Have Every Right to Be in a Bad Mood

You must become comfortable with your child being upset at you. If you're not, they're going to hold you hostage and manipulate you. They'll start to say things when they're little, especially, i don't like you. And what they're hoping for is that you'll react with a lecture. You need to o look your child in the eyes and say this unequivocally. Even if you don't say these words, your tone of voice and your actions say this: i love you so much that iam willing to say no even though it means you won't like me for a period of time.

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