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My children will wake up and first thing
that comes out of their mouth is, "Is Dad awake?"
and "What's his mood? Is he happy? Is he sad?"
And if they can hear laughter coming from the bedroom
or the tone in his voice is OK, then they automatically assume
that, you know, we're going to have a good day,
and it's not going to be stressful.
They can come home from school and hear the tone of the voice
just by him on the telephone or, and they know immediately
that things have triggered something,
and they more or less stay out of the way.
I don't want them to hide, but they don't want to cause
more drama and more stress in the household
that is not necessary.
And I know my little son, my 11-year-old,
he can pick it out better than I can now
because he's watched, for now eight years, it come and go,
and he's able to pick out just by the way Dad's sitting,
by the way Dad is playing with the dog, or speaking to me
if he's in a good mood or if he's in a bad mood.