words of advice literacy consultants

Over the past couple of months my 4 year old has become increasingly demanding. Almost daily I've heard, “Do this” or “I need a drink." I have found myself taking a lot of deep breaths, and thinking what happened to all those sweet words like “please” and “thank you” that I used to hear. I decided the next time I was met with a demand instead of answering him I would simply say, “Can you say that in a different way?” The first time I tried this I was of course met with a b