Tone Matters

Caeden and Avery usually get along pretty well. The one thing that Caeden can't stand, though, is when Avery starts to cry. He gets agitated and starts shushing her, only his shush sounds more like a scream. This scream scares Avery and so she cries even more. It's a vicious cycle. I've been trying to teach him to say, "It's okay, Avery, you're okay." I can tell he's listening, because the other day she was crying and he was getting more and more agitated with it. Finally, he said, "YOU'RE OKAY!" as loud as he could. Not quite what I was getting at....