How we talk to our kids is how they learn to talk to others - and us, if they're game!
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eek! Am I doing this?!
Surely it's ok for kids to speak like this if we do...
Have you ever had people admonish you; "You don't do it like that!"?Here's a thought for next time they do!
(Apparently, THEY don't do it like that!!)
Oh! Am I doing this?!
It's rough... if you don't know how to handle it.How often does it happen to you?
Sadly, lots of people do! And it can feel like a Catch-22 if they have the "power" to "punish" you, for example; fire you, or cut you off.I wonder how they'd feel if you did the same to them?