We all need someone to talk to. Are you listening in a way that will encourage your child to talk?
Fifteen-year-old Chaya has a problem: She doesn’t like her English teacher. Here’s what she tells her mother: “Mrs. Gray is so mean and unfair! She gives good marks to her favorite students and bad marks to the girls she doesn’t like. And she doesn’t like me at all! She laughs at me when I walk into the room.”
Let’s say Chaya has six mothers. Here’s how each of them responds to her tirade:
Mother #1: The Discounter
“I heard Mrs. Gray is an excellent teacher!”
The Discounter makes light of, or completely disregards, the speaker’s words. Children with Discounter parents eventually learn to stop sharing their true feelings with them.
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