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My brother bought up his kids beautifully, and when I asked him what the secret was, he simply said 'talk to them like people' which worked for us too. My kids
by Angostura 8y ago
My brother bought up his kids beautifully, and when I asked him what the secret was, he simply said 'talk to them like people' which worked for us too.
My kids do tend to ask me things me now and prefix it with 'not one of your long answers, though dad'.
- cinspicuous 8y agoDetail Dad! >talk to them like people Except that most adult/social conversations are restrictive.
- Angostura 8y agoNot compared with stereotypical parent-child conversations where it is easy to slip into command-based dialogue: "I want to do this", "you can't".
- cinspicuous 8y agoTrue. And I hope we're moving away from that.
- user5454 8y ago> 'not one of your long answers, though dad' I get this a lot too. My 8 yr old daughter frequently tells me she just wants the answer.