10 things to say to keep the peace
I have a hard time taking concepts (i.e. really getting to know your child, etc. How does one do that? What questions does one ask to find out how their mind works, their intereststs, etc. More to come on that in a later post.) and putting actual words to the concept. Anyway, in this month's issue of Real Simple has an article on peacekeeping phrases.
"Thank you for your opinion. I'll think about it."
"Is this a good time for you"
"Would you like my thoughts?"
"Why don't we get the facts?"
"I need our help. Can you please.."
"Let's wait on this until we have more information."
"What did you mean by that?"
"I don't like that, so why don't we do this instead?"
"I'm sorry you're upset."
"Let me get back to you."
There is a paragraph after each phrase in the magazine to more fully explain but I thought I'd throw these out, if they'd be helpful to anyone else.
(The author is Laurie Puhn)
