Question

Max storms into the room. "I left my math book at Dad's house again Friday, and I don't have it today! I hate it that my parents got divorced and that I have to live sometimes with Mom and sometimes with Dad! It gets me all messed up and I forget things. I wish things could just go back to the way they used to be!" An effective empathic response in this case would be

Answer 1

An effective empathic response would be:

"It sounds like it's really tough for you to have to keep track of your things when you're moving between your parents' houses. It's understandable that you're feeling frustrated and upset and wishing things could go back the way they used to be. Is there anything i can do to help you with your math homework today?"