Can you relate to this?  Your child is having a meltdown in the store and you don’t handle it very well.  In fact, you essentially have a meltdown of your own. Later that evening she starts running a fever and you realize, belatedly, that the earlier tantrum was due to her coming down with something. How about this one?  You are stressed at the end of a long day. Your child has a question, or wants to share something with you, and you snap! The kind of response that leaves him dazed and confused. These are some of the actions of loving, caring parents...who also happen to be human.