I have been working on training my kids to ask rather than tell. It used to look like this:
Me: “Abby, Come into the living room please.”
Abby: “I’m going to finish coloring this picture first.”
Our goals is to get it to look like this:
Me: “Abby, Come into the living room please.”
Abby: “May I finish coloring this picture first?”
When they respond the second way, I generally try and let them finish what they are doing. Sometimes it’s just not possible because we have to go or I know they are stalling on something, but I like to reward them for asking me rather than telling me.
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