She might have not known how to react, so tried to be empathetic by communicating what on her mind, was her own struggle - "kids being noisy", childrearing is n

She might have not known how to react, so tried to be empathetic by communicating what on her mind, was her own struggle - "kids being noisy", childrearing is not easy. She might have been unconsciously signaling: "everyone is struggling some way or another, let me share mine so we can relate somehow..."