When children talk, cry, scream, hit, hug, etc. they are telling us something.
Backtalk is Communication — LISTEN tackles the startling truth that
when children talk back they are actually communicating.
In a particularly poignant passage, Wallis writes, «
When children talk about their favorite kinds of caskets instead of bikes or cars, it is a sign we can no longer ignore.»
But often «
when a child talks back, what he's really expressing is anger, frustration, fear, or hurt,» says Jane Nelsen, author of Positive Discipline.
Of course,
when a child talks back, it's hard not to respond angrily.
When your child talks about her school friends, commit to memory the names of the kids in her class and listen to stories about school.
What to do
when your child talks back.
Keep your eyes and ears open for signs of worry or stress
when your child talks about the new teacher, new friends, new teams, or new subjects.
Not exact matches
I ended up sharing that insight with Sheryl —
talking about how
when Dave died of a cardiac arrhythmia that could have happened
when he was driving their
children.
When I got there, the person who has since been identified as a Russian attorney was
talking about the issue of a ban on U.S. adoptions of Russian
children.
• Two final follow - ups:
When I referred to «survivors» in my column about deciding when to take Social Security, I was talking about children and grandchildren, not spou
When I referred to «survivors» in my column about deciding
when to take Social Security, I was talking about children and grandchildren, not spou
when to take Social Security, I was
talking about
children and grandchildren, not spouses.
But she says her research shows that even
when we're
talking about
children as young as a year to 3 years old, parents can help them develop growth mindsets.
«There's a subset of customers — I think it's a pretty big subset — that
when you're
talking about things that go in or on your body, or in or on your
children's bodies, they really care about that supply chain,» Bezos told me in our interview.
Amongst my born again friends and family there is much
talk about
when their
children choose to accept Jesus as their personal savior.
The only voice I ever herd was my own;
when I was a
child I thought it was god but then I realized that I was
talking to my self.
Because in all honesty,
when you're sitting with someone and you're
talking to someone about your
children or any other member of your family, how many times do you say, «Thank God» or «Dear God» or anything similarly invoking his name?
All this is quite true, as I am a caregiver, and usually stay until the end and
when we
talk, family is the one topic they always
talk about — some bad but mostly the good — the love they have for their
children and the love of a wonderful spouse, whom they hate to leave.
You can
talk when you've dined in an Afghan home, this time without my wife, but still exchanging recipes and playing with the
children.
People have the right to leave church and organized religion, they have a right to question an institution that will do anything to save face even if it means letting
children be harmed (and trust me, there are Priests that have issues with girls - my mom
when to an all girls» Catholic school in the 60s and
talks about how many of the priests used to «hang out» with the young girls out and girls have been abused), churches that are not practicing social justice.
You have no concept of what you are
talking about
when you are calling a
child» a microscopic bunch of cells».
there is something wrong with an entire population that believe it is okay to kill their own
children because they shame their family
when they
talk to others.
Using books like
When God Made Light and
children's bibles are also helpful ways to
talk about light.
You could feel their love for these
children present in the room with us, it was warm and gentle and I think that's sort of what the Bible means
when it
talks about how we'll be known by our love, everything we do can feel like loving.
When I was a
child, I
talked like a
child, I thought like a
child, I reasoned like a
child.
There is a lot of blah, blah about random things, and some really aggravating music, but there are also phone calls where
when the
child they wanted is not home, they
talk to me.
1 Corinthians 13:11 «
When I was a
child, I
talked like a
child, I thought like a
child, I reasoned like a
child.
When one «god» says «believe my Son» and one of the other religions says but that man is not the «Son» and the other religions says that the «god» that they serve does not have any
children, you know that these people are not
talking about the same «god».
When you say miracle of life, do you mean conception of a
child in todays world or are you
talking about single - celled organisms at the advent of life on earth?
But in reality I have always been aware of this and was made uncomfortable by all the many prayer styles too — especially as a small
child,
when I was very aware that everyone seemed to go from normal
talk to a specialized prayer intonation.
This is precisely what I am
talking about
when I say that religion is coersive and manipulative toward
children.
It isn't long before somebody is asked to organize activities for the
children, snacks for the
children, then somebody doesn't like the subject matter of the adult study, somebody says it's going on too long, too short, and where's the music, we need somebody to play guitar, and who's going to organize the prayer at the end, and why do the
children interrupt us all the time
when we're trying to
talk to God?
I always find it interesting that athiests mock religion as some
childs mentality, yet
when talking of things like love, or prayer, they immediately identify it with childish notions.
Even
when talking about what our
children might face, the response more often than not will be, «Well, that» r be their problem, they can deal with it.»
He added that the author's comments were «dismissive of
children being harmed», saying it was «naivety at best and, at worst, a dismissal of understanding that
when we
talk about indecent images of
children, we're
talking about a crime scene where
children have been abused.»
«And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart: And you shall teach them diligently to your
children, and shall
talk of them
when you sit in your house, and
when you walk by the way, and
when you lie down, and
when you rise up.»
But either way,
when you hear what I am
talking about in this episode, you might be encouraged to gather your
children around anyway and have them listen to this episode as well.
Unfortunately,
when there is
talk of reducing population growth by public policies, many people immediately envision serious infringements on the freedom of families to make decisions about the number of
children they shall have.
William's simple statement made me realize I haven't
talked much about other religions with our
children, and the particularities of our Christian practice flare up
when I think about William comparing himself to Noah and Sarah.
When a woman tries to call her family to meals and they are so bent on their own pursuits that they do not come, or tries to correct a
child who pays no attention, or
talks into the telephone to discover suddenly that she has been cut off or that the other party has hung up the receiver, she is not really speaking to anyone.
You shall teach them diligently to your
children, and shall
talk of them
when you sit in your house, and
when you walk by the way, and
when you lie down, and
when you rise.»
One could just picture the couple in the crowded square - initially thrilled that their
child had been chosen to
talk to the pope, and then squirming with embarrassment
when their failure to get to Sunday Mass was revealed to the world.
As for
children, we've been
talking about
when we're going to start trying.
*** Just added: We also informed our
children that
when they were old enough that they should
talk with counselors to help them process their own upbringing because no parent is perfect.
What will your
children and grandchildren say
when they
talk of you?
And
when Christian culture does pipe up, we
talk about and extol the «Godly ways to raise a
child.»
As any mother of a gay
child or survivor of sexual abuse will tell you,
when we
talk about sexuality, we are
talking about real people, real bodies, real families, real lives.
So are you going to stone your
child to death now
when they
talk about to you?
«We need to prepare our
children for the day
when we're not there and we do that gradually giving them more and more responsibility as they get older and we do it by
talking about them and by spending time with them - putting those boundaries in place.»
The Bible
talks about the end times that will those who truly are
children of God be here to worship Him
when He returns.
When Paul writes about
children in Ephesians 4:14, he is not
talking about those members of the church under the physical age of ten.