If we want to our kids - when they’re older - to think “I’m in a tricky situation, I need to talk to my parent” instead of “I’m in a tricky situation, I hope my parent doesn’t find out,” well… we need to set the stage for type of relationship right now. When our kids open up to us when they’re younger - about being left out or feeling mad or about something they did … how we respond matters. Because our kids don’t just take in that interaction - they start to form a working model of how we will