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Teaching Your Kids a Sense of Tact
By Deirdre
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0pt">“But I Already Have This Toy!”
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Or perhaps you’ve had the privilege of sheepishly explaining your preschooler’s declaration, “That man has no hair!”, to a passerby.
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Think a lack of tactfulness is typical of only the youngest children?
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Then maybe you haven’t heard your preteen answer that phone call you’ve been waiting for with, “Yeah? … Um, I don’t know if she’s here. Call back later.” Click.
0pt">Childhood innocence and spontaneity is delightful, often even hilarious. But a child’s lack of tact is not.
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Whether it’s a blunt assessment of Aunt Jane’s holiday creamed onions (“Yuck!”) or the opening of a gift followed by “I already have this!”, every parent has had to deflect a child’s well-placed – though usually not deliberate – zinger.
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