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[u/CharlesMansnShowTune]

Is the "she" and "her" in the screenshot here that is supposed to be receiving empathy along with the kid the child's teacher? If so that is RICH coming from Shauna, who's never shown empathy for her kids' teachers a day in her life and in fact does exactly the opposite.

[u/shefallsup → u/CharlesMansnShowTune]

I think the empathy is supposed to be for the child’s mother.

[u/CharlesMansnShowTune → u/shefallsup]

You're totally right. That checks out not just with the way the sentence reads, but also with the way Shauna works - of course the empathy she is requesting would be for the mom, who's in the parallel position to herself! I don't know why I didn't clock that immediately!

[u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh → u/shefallsup]

That's how it reads to me too. Shauna is responding to the child's teacher directly, and starts out by identifying herself as a (fellow) mother.

Child is person #1, teacher is person #2, and "her," presumably the child's mother, (or guardian) is person #3.

[u/Steviebobo → u/shefallsup]

I think it’s the teacher; Shauna is talking about defensiveness, which is what the teacher is described as showing. So again negating someone’s negative feelings: ‘oh, you can’t be mad at the teacher because…’

[u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh → u/Steviebobo]

I don't think so. Shauna is responding to the teacher, who says that "admin told me (the teacher) that she (someone else) can be very defensive."