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Describe Your Parental Praise?

Describe Your Parental Praise?

So I guess we need to describe our parental praise…

It’s a small thing, really.

But for reasons described headdre, the small innuendo matters.

See, you can’t heap praise and flowery words out of context: “This is beautiful and wonderful, and you are perfect.”

You have to give a reason: “I love the way that your poem described the way that the sun rises and what that feels like on a winter morning.”

I think all of this is a form of persuasion, for framing is more important than you would think.

I learned from him that helpful praise actually comes in two parts: 1. The adult describes with appreciation what he or she sees or feels. 2. The child, after hearing the description, is then able to praise himself.

-Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (Amazon)

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