Little girls often like to talk. A lot. Kids in general at specific ages have a lot to say. Listening skills as an adult in this situation are important. You want them to feel comfortable just jabbering at you.
It’s not just kids, most adults would talk this much too, and probably feel a lot better for it, if they hadn’t had it knocked out of them and had someone they trust to talk to.
Aren’t you supposed to be modeling conversational conventions so they don’t annoy other people with incessant chatter? Some people never seem to be quiet ever and probably needed to learn to let other people be involved in their one-sided monologues.
No, you demonstrate love and unconditional acceptance and support. Today they’re babbling on about something that happened at ballet, tomorrow they trust you enough to talk about their relationships and teachers and the bully at school.
Kids have enough time in their day to learn social convention - they also just need a safe environment to unpack everything with their parents.
Little girls often like to talk. A lot. Kids in general at specific ages have a lot to say. Listening skills as an adult in this situation are important. You want them to feel comfortable just jabbering at you.
It’s not just kids, most adults would talk this much too, and probably feel a lot better for it, if they hadn’t had it knocked out of them and had someone they trust to talk to.
Aren’t you supposed to be modeling conversational conventions so they don’t annoy other people with incessant chatter? Some people never seem to be quiet ever and probably needed to learn to let other people be involved in their one-sided monologues.
No, you demonstrate love and unconditional acceptance and support. Today they’re babbling on about something that happened at ballet, tomorrow they trust you enough to talk about their relationships and teachers and the bully at school.
Kids have enough time in their day to learn social convention - they also just need a safe environment to unpack everything with their parents.