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When to Ask, When to Tell - Maren Schmidt
When to ask, when to tell. Fostering cooperation in our children can be a blood-pressure-altering event. With so many chores that need to be done during the day, we can feel like a drill sergeant, police officer and the Wicked Witch of the West, all rolled into one.To avoid appearing to our children as the triumvirate of meanness and control, we may overcompensate and be too polite and too kind by asking for cooperation instead of simply expecting cooperation.
Maren Schmidt