"Mama?"

"Mmmm-hmmmm?"

<insert question I didn't listen to>

"Mama?"

"Mmmmm-hmmmm?"

"How come every time you're not really listening to me you say 'mmmm-hmmmm?'"

"Because right now I'm trying to manage my emotions."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm mad about something, but it doesn't do anyone any good for me to be mad, and I can't change the problem by being mad about it, so I'm trying to just process the mad so it will go away. It's okay for me to feel mad but not to act on it. Do you ever feel that way?"

"You mean like when I got mad about Tiny? And then you got mad at me for acting mad?"

Yup, exactly, kid. Modeling desired behavior fucking sucks.