RELATIONSHIP SMARTS (4 1/2 YRS OLD)

At bedtime tonight, we talked about couples fighting. I asked if she ever saw mommies and daddies fight. She hesitantly said, "no." (Sometimes S doesn't like to talk about things that disturb her).

Momma knew she had seen momma and daddy fight so momma said, "You've seen momma and daddy fight." Momma knows that S has also seen her Mimi and Poppy fight with each other. Momma asked, "Do you know that you can be angry with someone and still love them? When momma and daddy fight, we fight, but then we say sorry and we hug and kiss. We still love each other. Do you ever see that?" S nodded "yes."

S followed up the conversations by saying, "I love Talia, but sometimes I don't like her." Momma can see S trying to relate to the topic.

P.S. Speaking of relationships, S sometimes asks momma: why does ba ngoai (maternal grandmother) and om ngoai (maternal grandfather) do not live with each other. Momma responds with that they don't love each other anymore. She asks "why?" and momma responds with, "I don't know the answer to that" because she doesn't.