Having been in family therapy sessions where the focus was on my son, I learned how difficult it is to just sit back and be quiet. My T will flat out tell me not to speak when he is trying to work with my son and I am in the room. When it is my time to talk, he lets me know. Parents have a tendency to try to speak for kids, interpret what kids mean, explain things for kids, etc., which really has to stop in a therapy situation so that the kids learn to speak for themselves. Yes, it can feel a bit like being reprimanded, but it really isn't. It is T advocating for the other person's voice.