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My daughter is full energy, like my wife and I, and strong-minded and has an opinion, like we do. And my boys, one's a bit more calm and chill, and the other is much more sensitive to things. You see this right away, when they're first born. One cried, one didn't, with the boys.

The capacity for extravagant emotion that my husband finds so attractive in me can be exhausting, especially to a child. My moods are mercurial, and this can be terrifying. I know, because I was a daughter of a mother with a changeable temperament.

Everyone has emotions; you just learn to use then and be comfortable with them.

The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.

I'm a very emotional person.

Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.

I'm an emotional person, a very emotional person.

I am a very emotional person.

I'm constantly amazed by the ability a child has to show sympathy, to read emotions, to get to the heart of any situation. It's unfiltered and completely inspiring.