A familiar complaint from parents is that children "don't listen." What a mom or dad usually means is that a child doesn't do what they tell him to do. Often, it refers to routines like, "get dressed, pick up your toys, come to the table, finish your lunch" and more of the same. In another vein it might be, "stop hitting your brother, stop whining, or don't take her toys."So the real meaning of children not listening is that they don't obey us. If they would just do as they are told, it [...]
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