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Handling emotions better over time • Otherwise

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Developing skills and mellowing with age

Over Christmas week, Jeff’s extended family had its usual gathering, peaking at about 28 people in one house. There are kids running and yelling, people playing musical instruments, and always someone standing in front of the refrigerator when you want to get something. One of my kids approached me in tears, saying she doesn’t know what’s wrong with her but she’s feeling overwhelmed by her cousins’ fart jokes. I told her a week with 20+ relatives is overwhelming for a lot of us. Notice how one relative takes three naps a day? And another goes for long walks a lot? And I’m hiding up

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