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Using Fewer Words
Do you use too many words with your teenager? If your child seems to be tuning out more and more, it might be because you're talking too much. Yes, we need to communicate with our teens. But the majority of our talking needs to be about their interests, their friends, school, and more. If most of your talking is about what they need to change, what they're doing wrong, or what they've forgotten to do, you just might be using too many words at the wrong time. Most teens know what's right, what's wrong, and what's expected of them. Find ways to remind and redirect using fewer words. And, if you need to implement a consequence, do it in a matter-of-fact way with just a few words; they know what they did wrong. Save your words for the important stuff and you just might find your teen tuning out less.
posted by ByParents-forParents at 6:40 PM
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