FAMILY
ARGUING
Photo by Stephany Lee
Before Your Children
Can Hurt Them
By Chris Brodber, Contributor
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ECAUSE HE SAID IT, WE KNEW HE HAD HEARD IT - every word of our exchange he had
heard, and it was obvious that he was hurt by what had happened. And his reciting of what
we had said was at a terrible time too - in the middle of our conversation with our guest. Well,
we were trying to be cute as we sought to silence his quoting us in front of our guest. Then later,
the frequency of his repeated questions about our argument made my wife and I realise that our
son had been reeling from the experience of hearing us go at it. I now know that we would never
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Our children are like
blank canvases
waiting for paint.
understand the full impact of that experience on his mind and heart. The battles he would face
alone trying to understand it, we would never grasp.
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Monday, January 5, 2015
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