Coming up
The skill of asking for what you need
Ordering food, asking a teacher, calling the dentist. How to teach kids to speak up for themselves: script it, rehearse it, do it with you nearby, then raise the stakes slowly.
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Coming up
Left on “seen”: the skill of not filling in the blanks
How to help kids handle a silence without turning it into a story: name the feeling, spot the story, find three other explanations, and pick a response.