Friday, February 3, 2012
Drawing the line
10:00 AM | Posted by
Heather |
We teach our kids to be polite: “Yes, sir”, “Please” and “Thank you”. We teach our kids to wash their hands and to pick up their dirty socks. These things are expected of parents. However, how do you teach your child not to say everything that pops into his/her head?
There are things that you can teach and some you can teach by example but I am unaware of how to teach my child to engage the filter between his mouth and head. The folks in our neighborhood are sweet and my friends are very tolerant but some days I feel like the parent that has not done her job.
My son is 10. A wonderful age for learning to go out and play without supervision. However, as I have learned, as soon as my son leaves the house he would rather converse with adults than play with his peers. I have scolded, given punishment and even pleaded with him not to share his life story with every adult in the neighborhood, to no avail. I have explained that not all adults are good and I have talked to him about being polite and letting other people talk. Still, this has no effect.
It seems that he has so much in his head it just spills out of his mouth in a gush of information. He has no idea that sharing all of this information is not a great idea, no matter how many times I tell him. It seems that he is unable to stop talking. He talks to himself, to his computer and to people. We call it his “running commentary on life”, but it is not always cute or endearing. Some days it's just frustrating and upsetting. It's not like he does not get attention. He gets lots of social interaction and parent attention, but this seems to be something we have to deal with.
There are things that you can teach and some you can teach by example but I am unaware of how to teach my child to engage the filter between his mouth and head. The folks in our neighborhood are sweet and my friends are very tolerant but some days I feel like the parent that has not done her job.
My son is 10. A wonderful age for learning to go out and play without supervision. However, as I have learned, as soon as my son leaves the house he would rather converse with adults than play with his peers. I have scolded, given punishment and even pleaded with him not to share his life story with every adult in the neighborhood, to no avail. I have explained that not all adults are good and I have talked to him about being polite and letting other people talk. Still, this has no effect.
It seems that he has so much in his head it just spills out of his mouth in a gush of information. He has no idea that sharing all of this information is not a great idea, no matter how many times I tell him. It seems that he is unable to stop talking. He talks to himself, to his computer and to people. We call it his “running commentary on life”, but it is not always cute or endearing. Some days it's just frustrating and upsetting. It's not like he does not get attention. He gets lots of social interaction and parent attention, but this seems to be something we have to deal with.
I am not opposed to any ideas, suggestions or advice that you might have. It seems to be a never ending battle. One I might have to choose not to fight.
Heather Garcia, Promotions Manager
www.johnstonmommies.com
miio.com @H
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