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Psychologist shares 3 things you can say to a 'rude' kid to stop the attitude

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Psychologist shares 3 things you can say to a 'rude' kid to stop the attitude Dr. Becky Kennedy has 3 lines that parents can use to defuse the behavior.

Line 1 : "I hear you, and you must be really upset to say something like that to me. Do you want to try again?" Line 2 : "Look, all I’m saying is I know you’re a good kid, even when you say some not so good things.”.

VR Score

38

Informative language

28

Neutral language

55

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

31

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

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Time-value

medium-lived

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