Kindle Notes & Highlights
It seemed that everyone had to work extra-hard to prove their love to her.
As time went on, parenting Casey often felt like breaking a wild stallion. They instinctively protect their space and dominate their handlers. Sometimes they have limited patience, lash out and bite. Only the most experienced handlers can train them. There is no single method of training that works, because every stallion is different.
There was an odd contradiction of sorts between her fragile self-image and the high standards she set for herself and everyone around her.
assignments. She craved respect and recognition for her intelligence but it had to be genuine; she could smell a fake a mile away.
just hoped she knew that I’d never reject her no matter how difficult she was.
If she couldn’t do something perfectly, it wasn’t worth doing, and that robbed her of so many opportunities.