As parents, we console ourselves with that idea when our children come home with behavior or language we don't like. "They don't hear or see that at home." That is probably true because young children are absorbing everything new around them, and older kids imitate things that seem "cool." We may find, however, that our children imitate certain things, but not others. The behaviors they copy may fit something they are struggling with developmentally. For example, a pre-teen who is not sure [...]
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