Wednesday 6 March 2019

Rewind for a Do-over

Have you ever said something to your teen that you immediately regretted?

As much as I don’t mean to, I seem to do that quite often, especially when I am stressed from work or just plain hormonally grumpy!


There are times my teen also seems to over-react or fly off the handle over things she is not happy about, usually in a less than respectful manner.

When this happens, we’ve started a new role-play game where we get to ask for a ‘Rewind and a do-over’, which has been a God-send.

Although our mean words cannot be literally erased by a rewind, by practicing better ways of expressing ourselves, we are learning how to speak with love better, regardless of our emotions.