“On the one hand, yes, I agree, writing a note is better than hitting or yelling at me.

On the other hand, I don’t like being called a s-h-i-t-head, so maybe next time you are really angry with me you could write a note saying, ‘Mom, I am really angry with you’ instead of ‘Mom is a s-h-i-t-head.’”

“I don’t know how to spell ‘angry,’” she says.