There s talk radio and the nightly news. There s music blaring from car speakers. There s people gathered around tables in boardrooms with heads together strategizing. There s a lot of information being shared in every kind of venue. And yet, people still don t feel heard.
People still don t feel understood.
Sometimes we hear plenty of what our kids have to say. But that may be where the problems occur. Sometimes adults have trouble finding the patience to listen to the discoveries and questions that come at us like a missile barrage. And yet, it is crucial that we teach our children how to listen by modeling for them that we can listen. A mother and her small daughter were discussing the dolls in a department store.