Okay- real quick-
anyone have any advice about how to teach children (namely 41/2 year olds) how NOT to interrupt? Jaedon will come into a room and just start talking to whomever he deems worthy of his conversation - with no regard to who else may already be talking - Shocking I know! ;)
Any ideas?
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One thing we "try" and have our kids do is if they want to talk to us and we are talking to someone else...we've tried to teach them to come up to us and put their hand on our arm, and I will put my hand on theirs to acknowledge I've seen them, and when I'm finished talking I will then turn to them so they can have their time to tell me whatever it is they were so excited to share. It doesn't always work because they still interrupt but when they remember it is great.
Sometimes just simply doing it back to them makes them realize it's not pleasant... and also putting their hand on your arm is good unless they start tapping and say, hey hey i'm talking to you!
modeling it...I tend to interrupt them...it dawned on me that I need to model good manners...I'm also learning to note rude behavior and address it in a teaching mode at another time where I can explain...this is rude...this is polite...this is why...this is how you should act...when you did this it was right...and this was wrong. then the next time it happens I can say...do you remember when we talked about blah blah blah...
Probably the thing that will work the best is explainig and repeating yourself 7 million times over the course of the next 10 years...it possibly might sink in.
(that sounded like such a great answer...don't let it fool you...I pull my hair out so much attempting to produce civilized people from these little crazies.)
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