Parenting · 4 min
Fix the fifteen minutes before
Friction usually has a cause slightly earlier than where it shows up. This looks upstream instead.
Parenting · 4 min
Friction usually has a cause slightly earlier than where it shows up. This looks upstream instead.
Name the ten minutes of the day that go worst — leaving, homework, bedtime.
Describe what is happening fifteen minutes before that, in detail.
Change one thing in that earlier window: something moved, prepared the night before, or started sooner.
Try it for three days before deciding whether it worked.
Most family friction is a logistics problem wearing an emotional costume.