First time post. Need some advice/reassurance.
After a phone call with my mother, I learned of a conversation between her and my daughter (6yrs) and they were watching a tv show where the woman was doing a 'happy dance' and when dd asked what she was doing, to which my mum replied she's dancing bc she is happy, my dd said "my mum would never do that coz she's not happy" when asked by my mum, what would make mum unhappy? DD replied with "me"
As you can imagine, this has totally devastated me, as I have no idea where it came from or that she was feeling this way. She's a very sensitive little girl and when she gets in trouble, she takes it to heart. But I can't get my head around why a 6 year old would even be thinking this way?
I work FT and I'm a single parent. She goes with her dad on weekends so I honestly don't get much quality time with her. But the time we do have is love and cuddles and fun. I have no idea how I'm supposed to change how she's feeling? Do I cut hours even though I can't afford it? Do I take quality time away from her dad? Do any other working mums have this issue with kids? I'm at a loose end.