Episode 28: Sitting on the Compassion Bench

My emotional intelligence is being tested every day...

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I consider myself to be a pretty compassionate person. When someone cries, I cry. You don’t want to see me at a wedding, during the end of any romantic comedy, or watching Super Bowl commercials. When someone is in pain, I want to help—I’ve got my mom first-aid kit handy! But the times when I find myself having a really hard time finding compassion is with my children when they are upset about things that are seemingly trivial to me.

Does this make me a mean mom?

Maybe.