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ALA child psychologist with 14 years of school experience said: one student’s answer made her pick up the phone and call his parents immediately. Save this - it changes how you see your kids.
A teacher gave her class a simple assignment. Third grade, 8-year-olds. “Write one thing you don’t like about your family.” She expected the usual: “dad won’t let me play video games,” “mom makes me eat vegetables.”
She read through the papers after class. Almost all were predictable. One wasn’t.
A little boy named Tyler wrote one sentence: “When dad tells mom she’s right but I can see by his face that he doesn’t think so.”
Eight years old. He saw what the adults thought was hidden.
The teacher didn’t call because something was dangerously wrong. She called because she understood: this child is growing up in a home where the adults stopped telling each other the truth long ago - and think the kids don’t notice.
Kids don’t notice the fights. They notice the fake peace that comes after.
You can skip the yelling, skip the slammed doors, and call it “stability.” But the child in the next room already wrote an essay about it. What do you think yours would write?
Reset & Connect has a section on how to tell the truth in a relationship - without blowups and without the quiet dishonesty kids pick up on before you do.
Send me RESET in a message and I’ll send you the link.
@alekscoach1
