Something I want every parent to know when they come to see me

For the entire day I have been on cute overload.  Two ridiculously cute infants and then six ridiculously cute toddlers and preschoolers all came through my doors today for OT.  Another therapist saw several ridiculously cute grade school students later in the afternoon. They were all so cute that by the end of the day I was practically giddy.Then at the very end of the day I saw an older child who we all absolutely love.  He is also ridiculously cute.  He has a severe disability and is nonverbal and for whatever reason he had a full blown crisis and put his foot right through my wall.  That never happened before with him - but of course we have had lots of experiences over the years when kids come in and have behavioral difficulties and become really upset.  Parents sometimes feel embarrassed or sometimes mad or sometimes frustrated and sometimes they feel all those things at the same time.As my friend settled and the parent readied him to leave I said, "We will see you next week."  The parent replied, "If you are willing to sustain more damage!"I tried to explain that of course I wanted him to come back and that I could care less about the wall and actually I was quietly praying and very thankful that he didn't direct his anger toward a window where he could have injured himself - but I don't know if the parent heard me.So I wanted to write it down as a proclamation today.  I love cute kids and I had plenty of that today.  But I ...
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