<p>Over the weekend I had one of those oh crap moments.  I realized that we are in charge of an entire human being, which includes teaching them everything about everything!  Things like recognizing and managing their emotions.  "I can't do that for <em>myself </em>half the time!",  I moan, "how am I going to teach Tyler to do it?".  But I guess something we are teaching him is sinking in though, because the following happened this past weekend:</p>

<p>Ty was over-tired, which is never a good thing.  It was close to bedtime and he was upset about something (I don't remember what).  He yells at me "you're not my best friend anymore!  I don't love you anymore, no, I hate you!!"  Kevin told him that that wasn't a very nice thing to say to mommy, and Ty looks at me and yells "I want to make you sad!".  I just calmly told him that we'll talk when he calms down, and that I was going to bed.  I get about 4 steps up on the stairs when he runs to the bottom of the staircase and says "mommy, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!".</p>

<p>After he calms down we have a talk.  I told him that it's ok to get mad, but it's <em>not </em>ok to be mean to someone because you're mad.  I told him that what I do when I get too mad is just walk away until I calm down.  So fast forward a day or so, and he gets mad about something.  All of a sudden he stomps off into the living, telling me "I'm going to walk away until I cool down!".  After he did cool down, I told him that was exactly the right thing to do.  I guess he <em>was </em>listening when we had our talk the other night!  Now if I can just make myself follow that advice more often... :)</p>