February 20th, 2014
Say No to Saying No
Burritos and Cherry Pies
Saying Yes, Saying No: What Direct Support Professionals Need To Think About
The Direct Support Workers Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 7
By: Dave Hingsburger
“Tell them that they shouldn’t say ‘no’ so much!!”
She shook her finger at me when she spoke those words. We had been chatting and she’d asked me what I was carrying in my hands. I told her that I had a few copies of a newsletter article I’d written for staff. She then told me exactly what I should write about: the word ‘no.’ “They shouldn’t say ‘no’ so much.”
A quick search – isn’t Google wonderful – and I found a study that showed that one-year-old children typically hear the word ‘no’ 400 times a day. Apparently that’s because parents tend to say ‘no’ not as a word but as a phrase, “No, no, no, no, NO!” It’s no wonder that, after being showered with ‘no’s at one, the terrible twos follow.
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