Lemme just add this in here real quick

Person: “Why are you wearing sweatpants?”

Me:

There’s a reason lots of good parents say to babies stuff like

“You’re excited to go to the park!”

“Oh, it makes you mad that we can’t go outside.”

And then when the babies get a little bit older the parents can say

“You seem upset. Are you sad?”

“Are you excited that gramma is coming over today?”

Which lets the kid (who is learning to utilize speech) respond with yes or no, which may prompt more questions, like

“So you aren’t sad, are you angry?”

“Yes, does it make you happy when gramma is here?”

And then, finally, when the child is learning to use language in a more complex way, the parents can say,

“How does it make you feel?”

“Why are you feeling like that?”

And it’s all about teaching emotional awareness. I really reccomend using the process on yourself. Learn to ask, “am I happy?” “Am I sad?” “Am I anxious?”

Then practice identifying, out loud or on paper if you can, “I’m happy.” “I’m upset.” “I’m sad.” “I’m anxious.”

Final step: “Why am I feeling anxious? I’m still thinking about that awkward conversation earlier.” “Why am I happy? It’s such a beautiful day outside.” “Why am I sad? None of my friends are responding to my messages.”

It really helps you notice patterns (“I’m more likely to be happy when I’m around this person.” “When I haven’t eaten, I often feel angry.” “If I don’t plan ahead, I get anxious.”) which is the first step in avoiding things and people that are bad for you and encouraging things and people that are good.

Basically don’t forget that you’re just a baby who got more complicated.

reblog if you support this hardoworking single mom and her kids

fun gender neutral things to call your partner:

PSA: if you dont have a fursona by January 1, 2019 you WILL be assigned one

72 hours remain.

O h s h i t I better furry up

Anime Smartasses Be Like….

This is nothing but the truth.

I love how the camera moves during his explanation

This is also the problem with BBC Sherlock. This is exactly how he’d explain a situation.

The fact that L’s theme is playing the whole time is what sells it.

I swear I don’t mean this in like a condescending way although maybe I do but the fact that the big controversy on tumblr rn is “do writers put symbolism into their writing or did english teachers make that up” is really bringing home for me the fact that you guys really are all in 10th grade

Me, letting my mutuals know they’re valid

suck a little dick…. smoke a little crack….

Get down tonight!

abt me: glowing, eating peaches drinking wine in lingerie, not texting ur desperate ass back

a good gender neutral term to use is “fool”

I’m like romantic horny

B I T C H

Umm

I had to see this so now do you