"How to talk so kdis will listenand listen so kids will talk" - anyone want to go trhough this book?

[Porcupine]

and see hwat we think of it?

Its wuite heavy reading( not intellectually) just very close set type and lots of americna egs
But i reckon we cna do it.

Don't give me that. That Mom never sat outside her kids room glowering at him. Never.
Go see to ds, I shall go cook and try to imagine what phrase could possibly be. Don't be stale? Is this thread stale now?

Brief trial:
You practised the piano. You put your fingers on the keys and pressed them down to make a noise.

DS2 Yes! I did, didn't I. (very pleased with himself).

We're all going mad.

no I Sat glowering!

ok egs of good and bad priase

bad _ 2 you cleaned your rooom what a good girl"

instead

"I see a lto of work has been ogin gon here - jackets are hung up and everythgin is in the right place."

" its a pleasure to wlk into this rooom"

EG2

this scarf you gae me is very nice

WRONG

right=" look att hese lovly rich colours and fringing"

"and its realyl wide too ti ll keep me warms on a cold day"

Quite. Not in Chapter Five then, was it. Perhaps it should be.

Chapter Five (part two) Glowering.

Parent glowers at child.
Child glowers back.

ok here it is

" well done gill you disocvered that three cans of corna re better then tow of th mroe epxensive one"

Jill ( grinning) " yes i got the smarts"

(WTF IS THAT?????)

Parent in elaborate scarf WITH NOTABLE FRINGING glowers at child.
Ok. I get this. I'm going to practise. I need presents. I need someone to tidy their room.

so no mroe" yes dear its lovely "when faced wiht three redline

oh no describe

ok no forget he glowering thta was me being real not the book being ..well, weird

Think I might be in love. Don't care if this thread dies a death now I've got that.
She got the smarts. I got the smarts. You got the smarts. This scarf has really got the smarts.

What does it mean?

i ahev homweork excercises for you( or rather the book has)

ok girl in new dress in ront of you

what do you say

loli LOVE i got the smarts
may google it

yes it seems real peoepl really say it

Also, what's with the budgeting on the corn? Who needs three cans of corn? She aint got really good smarts has she?

callign lurkers

are oyu still wiht us
cso theres more on praise

shell haev a sore arse if hs eeats it all at once

To girl in dress:

That dress is very red, it has a lovely big sash which culminates most elegantly in a large elaborate bow at the back. The collar is laced and there are most attractive buttons all the down the front. Is it just me or is it actually 1845?

I think you should say

hmmmmmmm

I bet you feel very satisfied with that dress

Look at the dwarves.

Come on other people. We can't do this on our own.

I have just started lurking to much to learn..

re ok girl in new dress in ront of you

I am assuming DH efforts..

Yes that's fine (whilst still reading the paper and not actually looking up)

is possibly not the correct anwer....

thast good

ok next bit
so you describe the good things baout whatever it is
then you sum ut up in one word

ill giev an eg and you sum up in a word where the ---- are

"You only at a slither of cake even thoguh you really love it htat takes----"

( harsh imo)

" you stood up for your freinds even though the other kids teased him that takes _--"

GEDDIT/

So much to learn ... not too much

NO MB now lsiten
we are on chapter % not ONE
its aboptu describing what is good"
so that dress makes you loos so prteey andmatches your ginger hair"

Ginger hair, red dress? Guess she really got the smarts.

the thieng is that if you say that akes WIll power or whatever the kid starts to realsie that that is one of their strenghts
hey i may be fugly but i haev willpoer

must be good for morale non?

'Oh that is nice, were you looking for the Clapham Omnibus look?'

'How doe you feel when you wear it?'

What do I do with the dwarves, I'm lost again