Mostly tired. I don't deal well with hystery. Our 6yo reached a phase of tantrums "because his Lego piece fell down" and I'm done. One, two tries of approaching it calmly, but once he makes shit like this everybody's problem, I'm dreaming about a bucked of icy water.
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been there...
i typically deal with the hysterics a bit better than Wifey, but there are just some days where i'm just over it lol
there's been one or two times where calm doesn't cut and we go somewhere private to vent it out together. >:3
We learned how to tap out each other from child-handling situations if we feel things are going south and our partner is running low on intellectual energy. But yeah, sometimes we get the feeling that a more old-school approach would be beneficial too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
same. it helps to have a partner who won't watch you struggle and prevents you from acting in frustration.