Negative emotions are difficult for adults to handle at the best of times, so for children it can be even more confusing and scary. But it can be made easier for them if they have parents that help guide them.
In this touching video, father Randy Gaines talks to his daughter who was upset and angry. He calmly talks to her about her feelings and what healthy outlets are (going for a walk, running, punching a pillow), how important it is for her to communicate her feelings and what respecting boundaries is about.
“If I don’t know better, I can’t do better,” Randy says to his daughter in the video. He didn’t realize it at the time, but his wife was recording the moment on video.
“So… yesterday, my Wife, Deceena Gaines, took a video of me talking to my daughter, without my knowledge, and posted it on her Facebook page,”” Randy Gaines wrote on Facebook after learning the video had gone viral.
Deceena, for her part, has nothing but praise for her partner. “I think I just watched and listened to one of the most powerful conversations in my life,” she wrote. “My heart explodes when he connects to his girls like this. No yelling. No screaming. Talking. Discussing emotions and why we have such feelings.”
She added, “I fell in love with him before we had our girls, but moments like this make me fall even more in love with him.”
Watch the viral video below.
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