Waiting Room Conversations at the Therapy Place
"So, how are you today?"
"Oh, you know, it's been one of those Email the Therapist kind of weeks."
"Ah, yes, I know those well. At least you homeschool, so you don't have the stress of three phone calls from the school first."
"Heh. No. Just the stress of dealing with him 24/7."
"True. So true."
"School," in her case, is expensive private Jewish preschool (maybe kindergarten or first grade now?), but I've had similar conversations with public school parents as well. Sometimes, therapy and intensive parenting are the only answers to reducing the stress, they are very long-term answers, and there are no choices that avoid the stress in the meantime, just choices as to how the stress comes to you.
Newt
"Oh, you know, it's been one of those Email the Therapist kind of weeks."
"Ah, yes, I know those well. At least you homeschool, so you don't have the stress of three phone calls from the school first."
"Heh. No. Just the stress of dealing with him 24/7."
"True. So true."
"School," in her case, is expensive private Jewish preschool (maybe kindergarten or first grade now?), but I've had similar conversations with public school parents as well. Sometimes, therapy and intensive parenting are the only answers to reducing the stress, they are very long-term answers, and there are no choices that avoid the stress in the meantime, just choices as to how the stress comes to you.
Newt