Children are happy people. For the most part, this statement is true. My children smile, laugh, and enjoy playing with their friends and toys - or just running around behaving like kids. They can tell you the "Interrupting Cow" knock-knock joke all day long and never find it less humorous (even when my 3-year-old doesn't quite get the joke's timing). Yes, for the most part, this statement is true. But, there were many times - especially during Daddy's deployment - when this statement seemed like a wish. My 5-year-old daughter would get angry at the tiniest of things...not getting the right cup at dinnertime, having no clean pink panties, and other such minuscule things. The anger got so bad that, at times, I felt like a failure as a mom. I wanted to give in to her demands or just do anything to make it all better. But, I didn't know how or what to do. My daughter would rage at me - hitting, kicking, biting, screaming until her face was...
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