Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
'What can your kids teach you?' Well, I believe something different about kids. We don't own them, they have their own knowledge. From the start you have to make the choice to listen.
If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.
When you find a way to be really receptive to your child's needs and really listen, you can be more open to what they say they want or what they say they need.
Parents and teachers, learn to listen, then listen to learn from children.
I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that.
We try to keep a good line of communication open with our children. It's not always about trying to just teach them every moment, but it's about listening to them and trying to understand them and gain that sense of communication so when they need to talk to someone, they know that we're there.
Kids learn more from example than from anything you say; I'm convinced they learn very early not to hear anything you say, but to watch what you do.
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
I think people should try to teach young children that these qualities - stubbornness and a capacity to listen - might look like they are opposites, but they are not.
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.