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Coercive vs noncoercive communication

“How can I express approval when children do something good without manipulating them by implying that I would disapprove if they had made a different choice?”

Not riding roughshod but satin-slipper-shod

The language of parental power plays

Coercion, manipulation, reason, persuasion

“What do you think?”

“Surely we should communicate our disapproval to our children?”

Common emotional blackmail

Expressing approval vs expressing appreciation

Question or command?

“How can we noncoercively communicate urgent information to pre-verbal toddlers?”

Never make a child feel bad

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