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What is the best way to deal with a real talker?
Stop the conversation when it goes on too long. It’s really not damaging to tell someone who you’ve been listening to for more time than you have to spare and more than you want to give away, that you’re really sorry, but you have work you have to do and you’ll have to continue this conversation latRead more
Stop the conversation when it goes on too long. It’s really not damaging to tell someone who you’ve been listening to for more time than you have to spare and more than you want to give away, that you’re really sorry, but you have work you have to do and you’ll have to continue this conversation later. And if they are the kind of person who comes back later to continue the conversation, just say, “No, sorry, I’m busy right now”—because, finally, you have the right to protect your own boundaries
See lessWhy do they say don’t curse infront of kids even though they hear it all among their peers outside?
You can't control what they see outside of the house but you can control what you teach them inside of it. Children tend to learn and pick up their habits much more based upon what they see and hear their parents actually doing more than anything else in their life. Even more than what their parentsRead more
You can’t control what they see outside of the house but you can control what you teach them inside of it. Children tend to learn and pick up their habits much more based upon what they see and hear their parents actually doing more than anything else in their life. Even more than what their parents tell them to do or what they should do and even more then what they pick up from outdoors and their friends, the things little children see their parents doing has a huge impact on their own behavior. So if you are a parent who believes that the type of language a person uses is important and about not having to easily resort to low level and cheap language like curse words, then by simply having your own personal habit of not cursing you will end up going a long way towards having your child not end up using such a language so easily as they grow as well.
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