Feelings

Preschool can be tough; especially those moments when one of your friends calls you a "cookie head" and another one of your friends tells you that you are in a bad mood, when (in reality) you are not in a bad mood.

Andres and I were just talking about this exact scenario. It befell him today, and it's one of the first times he has come home troubled by a peer relationship at school. I suspect it will not be the final time.

I told him that his friends were probably joking, or trying to be funny, and that maybe he should forgive them tomorrow. After all, they are his friends!

He thought that was probably a good idea but his unwillingness to let the episode go made me think he was still skeptical of my approach. So I asked him how he felt when his friends said those things to him.

Andres: "They hurt my feelings. But where are my feelings?"

A good question, indeed, and perhaps one better suited for philosophers or doctors. I pointed to his heart and said that that's where his feelings were. He still seemed skeptical, but he put his hand there just to see if he could feel them.

It's tough being 4 and a half.