My ex-husband and I are trying to co-parent our 8-year-old while we're both dating other people and our kid is acting out in ways that feel like responses to all the adult emotions none of us are handling well.
More people experience this than they realize.
The child is absorbing and expressing the unprocessed complexity that the adults are trying to keep separate.
“Where Are You with Emotional intelligence as knowledge system?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.