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The Art of Truly Listening to a Troubled Child

By attuning your ears to your childs social environment, parents can learn to listen to what a child is not saying as well as what he is saying. Keep in mind that the top three influences on your childs behavior and feelings are family, school, and friends. If something is amiss with your child – if he acts out, becomes moody and sad, or has trouble finishing his schoolwork – learn to discover the source of the problem in your childs social context. 1) Hear What They Are Afraid To Tell You

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Preschool Listening Games

By the time your preschooler reaches kindergarten, he will be expected to have developed solid listening skills. Playing games with your preschooler can help to develop those skills. Since most preschoolers enjoy playing games, they likely won’t even notice that — in addition to having fun — they are also building essential skills.

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Our Kids Hear Us, But Are They Listening?

Over the years, I’ve explained to my kids how amazing life is when you love the work you do. Ever since they were young, we’d talk about the different jobs being done around us and what would make them fun, boring or difficult etc…Just fun discussions totake note of the variety of jobs happening around us.As they got older, we’d talk more specifically about what they saw themselves doing as they got older. I know, I know…most people don’t know what they want to do until well after college, myself included.