For parents and caregivers
For those reading along
This book asks questions with no right answer. That's not modesty; it's the whole point.
Don't correct the answer. If a child says they weren't jealous when you saw that they were, let it stand. The question has already done its work the moment it was asked.
Silence is an answer too. Sometimes "I don't know" simply means: not now, and not with you.
For parents and caregivers
Two more things
Answer honestly yourself, too. Children only speak honestly once someone has been honest with them first. An adult who admits to once walking on themselves does more than ten questions.
And watch your timing. A child may look up a chapter after a rotten day; that's exactly what this book is for. But if you bring it up, ten minutes after the argument it's actually about, it's no longer a mirror. It's a sermon by a roundabout route. Wait a day.
