We've all been guilty of this – or okay, maybe it's just me –
saying something negative in your child's hearing. "She is such a
three-year-old, I am losing my mind today." "It's okay. I didn't like
school either." "Clowns are terrifying."
Turns
out? Not such a good idea. When your kid hears you assigning certain
traits to them or reinforcing a fear or negative feeling they have, it
sticks in their head as truth. Sucks to be so influential, doesn't it?
Now I don’t agree with
this columnist's
assertion, that if you ask other parents for help with a problem you're
having with your child in their hearing, that you give them the idea
you don’t know what you're doing. Of course, I am only the parent of a
three-year-old, who still thinks I can conjure up Pirate's Booty and
new episodes of Dora out of thin air because I am just that cool.
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