Deep breath. I was not going to lose my cool while lecturing about calm-down strategies
Daniel had just taken a huge bite of breaded chicken. It was 9:30 p.m., and I had a captive audience.
“…and then Dr. Spencer showed us this image of Mount Vesuvius erupting, and he was like, ‘Before anything, we need to defuse the volcano. Your child is a bubbling cauldron. If you don’t teach him how to cool down, you can have zero expectations!’ ”
I waited for a reaction. Daniel just stabbed another cutlet and airlifted it onto his plate.
“Ilana, uh… is that news to you? You don’t have to have three doctorates to know that when Shira is in volatile mode, there’s no reasoning with her.”
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