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After just writing about a new tool that we are trying to use in our family, it is amazing how quickly we fall back into our old habits of relating and dealing with each other. In less than 24 hours, I have become the terrible mother who yells and cries instead of dealing calmly and factually and the way I’d like to see my kids act. Alas, today was one of those days where I completely failed. It makes me want to run away. So needless to say, I need to regroup and start again. Hopefully I will remember the more effective tools next time before I start to explode…