To try to add a positive slant to my agreement with this.

“hard times make hard people, hard people make good times.” (paraphrasing as I haven’t found time to dig out the original quote)

We are the parents shaping the people who save the world.

I have spent so much time trying to implement this approach, but my lizard brain seems to also take over in these moments. I am making great progress, but I think I have some more work to do on myself before I can be what my children need from me when they are experiencing tantrums.