I mean not only finding the thing to praise, but also being pretty thoroughly outside evaluation context in to how-shall-we-proceed context. I am betting that the praise was partly because young Laurie looked devastated and guilty, and I bet there poppings into hot tub in process at the same time.
You can get away with Being the Evaluator indefinitely if mostly your evaluations are positive, but to be shocked when someone gets done with being in peril of being berated all the time-- and then not understanding, and feeling that *they* haven't understood....
What did you think in response to your father's musing?
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Date: 2022-12-24 02:17 pm (UTC)You can get away with Being the Evaluator indefinitely if mostly your evaluations are positive, but to be shocked when someone gets done with being in peril of being berated all the time-- and then not understanding, and feeling that *they* haven't understood....
What did you think in response to your father's musing?