KEEPING YOUR LANGUAGE 'CLEAN'

How to ensure you truly hear what your children are saying

When our child speaks, we filter what they say. It’s normal and natural. We filter all we see, hear and feel, otherwise we would go into overload. So first we

• Delete parts of it, getting the main gist, key words, key sentiment

• Generalise, not that again, they always do/say that or why do they never listen

• Distort it’s going to be a nightmare getting them t…