If you have a young child, you might have realized that when they talk to adults, they only give one-word answers and never look people in the eyes, and even though you might imagine this is a "stage" - something they will grow out of - this often ends up not being the case. If you want to raise children who are able to communicate effectively with adults as they get older, you need to start working on training children who can communicate effectively with adults right now! One-word answers: One of the biggest areas where children fail to communicate well with adults is in giving one-word answers, as this seems - to children - to be a perfectly natural way to respond to questions that can be answered with only one word. You should exercise your children at home in this area, asking them questions that can be answered with a "Yes" or "No," and reminding them that they are supposed to answer these questions using sentences - even though they could be answered in only one word! Eye contact: When children are little, adults are unlikely to notice if the children do not look them in their eyes, but as children get older, this becomes a significant hole in a child's manners; remind you child that - when they have a conversation with an adult - they should be able to finish the conversation by coming to you and telling you what color eyes the adult has! Conversation: Do not focus on "conversation" early on, as you first want to make sure your child is speaking to adults in sentences and looking adults in the eyes; but as your children become more adept in these areas, "practice" with them at home in the area of "carrying on a conversation." It might seem like your children are "too young" for any of this to apply to them, but it is better to start early, lest you end up with children who are still giving one word answers and looking away from people's eyes when they are too old to be doing so! http://bluerose.jamesloving.com/
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