I was making an attempt at humor with one of my children the other day and she got quite upset with me. I was reminding her of something she said a year or two ago that I thought was funny. She, on the other hand, was feeling embarrassed about her comments and behavior and didn’t see it as humorous at all. Even though I like to think that I am a sensitive, in tune mom—I realized that what I thought was humor, she experienced as “shaming” and that wasn’t a good thing at all… Shaming is when we use comments, … Continue reading →