Karamo helps two sisters work through tension rooted in criticism of each other's parenting. He traces their jabs back to how their own parents treated them, then pushes them to look each other in the eye and say they love each other. It's a small moment, but it moves them closer.
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Every time one of y'all bring up each other's kids, there's a dig and it's unfair to both of y'all. It's especially unfair because you all have different relationships with your parental figures. And so your digs also become reflections of how you felt your parents treated. And y'all really truly have to stick to not talking about each other's kids, not talking about each other's styles as mothers, None of that, because your sister loves you. Come on, at the end of the day, I know you do. I do. Tell your sister how you feel.
Yep. I love you and I—
Can you look at your sister just for a second?
I really just, she ain't gotta look at me, it's cool if she don't want to, but I really just brought her here to see why we are where we at. And this is my first time actually really hearing her.
Hold on, I want to take a pause. What she just did in this moment is what you asked her. This is how we gonna work. Since you took a first step, you do this. You do this, and that means that family's getting one step closer to being together.
We had to do this when we was little. Y'all had to do this when y'all was little? We had to sit and hold hands. Hold hands? Yeah.