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btMOMtoFFBs
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 Tue, Mar 24 2009, 3:20 pm
I find myself lecturing my 8 yo DS lately. I remember hating this as an older child. Do you think the message penetrates even if the lecture itself is annoying?
Or, is lecturing a big waste of time?
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cassandra
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Tue, Mar 24 2009, 3:31 pm
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Unfortunately sometimes I find myself doing it too. And of course they don't listen, it just makes me feel better.
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JC
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Tue, Mar 24 2009, 4:52 pm
Yeah, what Cassandra said 
When I get that way I try to reread 'How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk' to get back in the groove of more effective parenting. It works for me.
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yfrh
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Tue, Mar 24 2009, 5:08 pm
Keep things clear and to the point.
kids and others remember the last words you say 8)
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btMOMtoFFBs
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Tue, Mar 24 2009, 5:23 pm
yeah but once I get on a roll I start articulating the specific behavior that he needs to work on even better. I think I'm verbally trying to pound the message into his head.... 
but I feel like  afterwards
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