She was a formidable woman and didn't like detours. My mother stopped, snapped her mouth shut, and for just a moment she seemed flustered. Then it passed. This is not psychotherapy. 1 am a behaviorist.
Every child has stressors.
I thought, at this point, my mother would grab me and leave, but she didn't. That might make it easier to talk. Dr. Swan must have thought so too, for she turned impatiently from my mother and looked straight at me. Her voice softened. Sometimes people get nervous and upset, it's perfectly normal.