When you’re dealing with kids, their current state of affairs, for better or worse, will be the ruling emotion of your day. This co-dependent state of affairs keeps us locked in patterns and routines that may or may not serve us well through dinner time. The culprits are many; yet they’re always the same. They often look like this: Sudden loud noise wakes baby up from nap; baby is cranky. He was picked last today for the recess football game. She hated the lunch you packed. She’s starving and cranky. “I wasn’t even talking – Jack was talking to me!” Still, he was the one reprimanded by the teacher. The…