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10. Good advice for talking to ALL kids: Don't talk to them like they're idiots.

Fri Feb 28, 2014, 06:17 PM

Feb 2014

I can remember that distinctly from my own childhood: Thinking "Hey, buddy, I'm a kid, that doesn't mean I'm a moron"

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How to Talk to Little Girls [View all] Blue_Adept Feb 2014 OP

Such an important point, not sure why it's in the men's group. enough Feb 2014 #1

Well... Blue_Adept Feb 2014 #2

I think that dads will be the first to agree with this. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #12

I definitely do not disagree with what she proposes. TM99 Feb 2014 #3

I know I am going to sound horribly old-fashioned TM99 Feb 2014 #5

I don't understand it Major Nikon Feb 2014 #6

Some never do no matter what their age. TM99 Feb 2014 #7

Agree. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #13

Just say "NO!" Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #8

I see that permissiveness to the extreme TM99 Mar 2014 #11

Talk to them so they grow up like this: libodem Feb 2014 #9

Good advice for talking to ALL kids: Don't talk to them like they're idiots. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #10