Maria's Two Friends Refused to Play with Her Today, and Maria

Multiple Choice

Maria's two friends refused to play with her today, and Maria tells her mother that "everyone hates me." According to Haim Ginnot, Maria's mother would communicate most effectively with her daughter if she

A) urged her daughter to stop thinking that "everyone hates her."
B) placed the blame for her daughter's feelings on her two "so-called" friends.
C) encouraged her daughter to talk more about her feelings.
D) tells her daughter that "it is stupid to think that everyone hates you."