I’m going to try this phrasing with my sons! For the 7-year-old, instead of “Listen to me” I’ll try “Be a good listener.” For the 13-year-old, “Be a helpful person / member of the family.”
I’m going to try this phrasing with my sons! For the 7-year-old, instead of “Listen to me” I’ll try “Be a good listener.” For the 13-year-old, “Be a helpful person / member of the family.”
Writer, reader, parent, educator, ex-Catholic, believer in spirit, value the very young and the very old, impatient with phoniness.