Our oldest daughter, D, got into trouble and was sent to her room.  Furious, D proclaimed the time had come for her to read parenting books because we must be doing something wrong.  C encouraged her to go ahead, directed her to the shelves of parenting books and informed her that a lot were about her.  D went to shelves and started crying — she thought that “How to Raise a Good Kid” was about how to raise her sister and not her.

After that, D and G talked about what they think about when they are sent to their rooms.  G said that she is really mad at first and then she starts playing with her toys and then she isn’t mad anymore.  “Its really not that bad D”.  D says she just gets madder and madder and, then, she plots her revenge.