Language Toolkits
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I’m Not Afraid to Say No. (I Just Try Not To)
There’s a lot of talk about “No”. About why not to use it, about why to use it, about being “afraid” of it.. It’s really not that big of a deal. It’s just that as a word it’s a closed… Continue reading
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Consequences and Punishment
At the breakfast table. Isaac is back from a weekend away. He is not integrating easily back into the way that we do things. “Isaac, if you yell at Alexander and Keenie, what are the consequences?” “I’ll be in trouble?”… Continue reading
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Misidentified Feelings, Inaccurate Words, and The Lies of Toddlers
“MOMMY, ISAAC PUSH ME!” she comes to me crying. Isaac is at school. There is no way that Isaac just pushed her. Keenie is two and a half. What she told me is not true. But is it a lie?… Continue reading
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The Annoyance of Whining (Emerging Communication Skills)
Dear Daughter, You’re nineteen months old and your whines cut straight through me. They’re endless sometimes. You whine for everything you don’t have words for, or all the words that you forget in that moment where you feel a need… Continue reading
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Are You Ready to Live As Though That’s True? (The Language We Use in Frustration)
Today I am grateful for something important that I have learned: I will not use certain language around my children. I will not say “You’re making me crazy”, because it is an accusation that is not literally true. I will… Continue reading
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