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August 10, 2015
Do You Talk TO Your Child or AT Your Child?
One of my biggest pet peeves is when I hear a child talking to their parents and instead of listening to what their child is saying, they bark out orders. The child asks “Dad, what is this?” and dad snaps back, “That’s not yours! Don’t touch that!” That is a prime example of talking at the child rather than to the child. It would be perfectly acceptable to tell the child the object was something they weren’t allowed to touch, but…
Posted in Happy, Healthy, Smart Kids! | By LoriGraceH