Watch your tone!
We had an…incident…at work today. One of our managers, who has a military type background, doesn’t always use the friendliest tone. One of our sales people decided to let him know this. She was so angry at the way he talked to her, that she was almost in tears. “Don’t talk to me like I’m a child”
It got me thinking of the ways I hear parents talk to their children. I don’t believe in talking to your child like an equal, but I do believe in talking to them in a non insulting way. I remember all the times I heard my friends parents say things to them that my parents would never say, almost purposefully hurtful things. “Stupid children” was a favorite of a fellow teacher in my previous life. It drove me nuts. Be careful how you talk to your child. Find that medium where you are still the parent, but not verbally abusive.
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