"The Talk" When and what

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Originally Posted by tadamsmar

I think that the kid may feel disrespected when they are told things they already know. You will see this when you tell a kid something and they come back with "I already know that". They are trying to get respect.

Kids will say this even if they didn't actually know it. My point being, cover the bases anyway, and you can show them respect while explaining things to them. It happens naturally by how you are talking to them, your body language, and any number of signs that people pick up on.

And speaking of tone of voice, inflections in your voice, body language etc...

Originally Posted by tadamsmar

Actually your post could illustrate the point. You understood my statements to say something I did not intend and found it rude.

These kind of misunderstandings just illustrates the importance of discussion as oppose to merely delivering a list of shoulds or talking points.

Communicating over a forum with text only is completely different than talking face to face.. that is a poor example of trying to illustrate your point. If we were talking face to face and you and I could hear/see, that would be a different story if we still misunderstood each other or if one of us felt disrespected.