we gave her grace

Mabel is everyone right now. She got really mad she couldn’t get “into the school” on her roblox game, so she threw her iPad. It shattered.
She came to find me, maybe you can tell I took this photo from the new bidet toilet 😆. “I’M IN THE BATHROOM WHAT!!” She showed me what happened and the grief cycle began. She bargained to use another iPad and “promises to not break it”.

Her regret was palpable. She was hysterical. I hugged her and said it was okay. I didn’t want to tell her it was okay to throw her iPad. I also didn’t need to help her feel any worse. I mentioned “oh no, that’s how you’re doing school” and saw her slip further into disappointment with herself. “No no, it’s okay, we have other iPad”. It was a tense moment.

I am not thinking as fast as I usually am. So we FaceTimed daniel and told him what happened to give me time to process how to handle this as a parent. She felt her feels. Mostly, she was so mad at herself. I get it kid. No one is at their best. She took some alone time (watched Up) to calm down about breaking the iPad and stressing about the game. We gave her grace. Even the kids are stressed out.