122. When Children Resist or Refuse - Part 2: What the fuck is a "meaningful relationship" anyway?

This is part 2 of our "When Children Resist or Refuse" series. This series explores what a child's resistance or refusal might mean. When a child says no, our job isn't to immediately decide what the no proves. It's to understand what might be happening, notice what every adult is bringing to the interpretation, and work out how to respond without losing sight of the child. What the fuck is a "meaningful relationship" anyway? We use phrases like meaningful relationship, substantial time, shar...