When a Child’s Emotions Seem Fake and Manipulative
Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled
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Parenting With Children - Acceptance
Parents are getting convoluted in the way they see their son's feelings. They're judging some as genuine, some as fake or manipulative. We don't have to wonder and decide and have a different response to a melt down than a tantrum,. Or an angry emotion than a sad one. With acceptance, just allowing them all to be because even if a child was manipulating, which i don't think this child consciously is at all. But even if that was the case, us getting angry and annoyed is not going to make the situation better.
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