Amanda Morin
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first heard Aug 2016
last heard Jul 2025
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Um, not just to hear what they're feeling, but to see it on their faces is really um extraordinary.
Well, I think that that's the benefit of having been both a teacher and a parent too in writing this book is I could really draw on the conversations I'd had with my own kids and I could pressure test it, right?
You know, I could say to a ten year old, Hey, is this something somebody would say?
And he'd say, like, I've never heard a kid say that before, mom.
And I would say, What would they say in a situation like this?
And he could give me back language that
All of a sudden I realized like, oh, this is how children really think about the world.
And I know I know there have been plenty of times where I've had those conversations that you talk about too, where I've said
You know, I hear you and I really hear that you're feeling frustrated.
Can we just take a minute and think about what might be happening on the other side of this?
Um, you know, and sometimes my kids have been really willing to and sometimes they've been like, No, I've been harmed, I've been
you know, wronged in this situation and so we haven't been able to have that conversation.
But a lot of times it's been I hadn't thought about it that way.
I hadn't thought that maybe this kid was just trying to get my attention or or that they were feeling hurt by something I did or said.
And I think those are the opportunities that I really want to bring to light for people is to be able to have those conversations and
And really think through that.
Not I mean I think it's it's a it's like a balance because
You don't want kids to think that everything they do is going to impact everybody because that can be paralyzing, right?
You know, you can get really stuck in your own thoughts.
But to just think through a little more thoughtfully around
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