I get that all women don’t necessarily have the mommy gene. I didn’t get it, though I taught hundreds of kids how to ride horses over a 50 year career. But one tool a budding psychologist should have in her tool bag is a fun version of redirecting. You don’t want to play Star Wars with her? Fine. Think of something else. Surely she can see Shannon is a wired kid. If her eyes are open, she’s got a brain that works on overdrive. So something you can stomach that redirects her energy to something that is as shiny an interest catcher as playing Princess Leia.
Who cares if it’s a dream? For just a few minutes, Luann gets to be the hero and not an arrested development loser. Standing O from this corner of the peanut gallery!
I get that all women don’t necessarily have the mommy gene. I didn’t get it, though I taught hundreds of kids how to ride horses over a 50 year career. But one tool a budding psychologist should have in her tool bag is a fun version of redirecting. You don’t want to play Star Wars with her? Fine. Think of something else. Surely she can see Shannon is a wired kid. If her eyes are open, she’s got a brain that works on overdrive. So something you can stomach that redirects her energy to something that is as shiny an interest catcher as playing Princess Leia.