A Fact Is a Fact

I was driving around town with Sammy, listening to Cultivating the Virtues, a parenting podcast by Kelly and Jenn.  Kelly was discussing a situation where her daughter, Livy, was trying to glue something for an art project and having a hard time.  Kelly said that Livy was frustrated.  Now, we've been really working hard on helping Sam to identify her own emotions, so "frustrated" is a word that she knows and is really working to understand.  She piped up:  FRUSTRATED, MOMMY!  I paused the podcast and said that, yes, the woman had said that her daughter was frustrated.

WHY?

The girl was trying to glue something and she got frustrated and said, "I can't do it!" just like you do sometimes.

YEAH, AND CRYING AND WHINING WON'T CHANGE THE FACT.

We've been working on that, too.