I now realize this mother was an early adopter of parenting scripts, something I had never heard of at the time, though they have now become ubiquitous.
AdvertisementWords matter when talking to kidsThe spoken message behind parenting scripts is that parents can optimize how they speak to children, supporting their children's development and validating their feelings.
The unspoken message behind parenting scripts is that much of parents' reflexive language toward their children is pernicious.
Children need their parents to be congruent in their interactions, even if they might misspeak from time to time.
Parents need to trust that, at the end of the day, their hearts are in the right place — so much so that they may even want to speak from it.
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