Communication Lessons from 5 year olds-Part 2
If you missed Monday's first communication lesson from five year olds, click here. Here's today's installment: Lesson Two: Listen Wide-Eyed. Young children are notorious for their wide eyes as they soak up information. You may not think they are paying close attention, but they absorb almost everything around them. You know this because, if you aren't careful, they repeat things you said that you wish you hadn't. We adults could learn a great deal from this trait. To a young child, everything is wondrous. When they ask a question, they don't care whether that person is educated, important, powerful or well-respected. They expect an answer. They often don't even much care if the answer is correct. How would they know...