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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't see the age of your child.

I used to listen, or pretend to listen. Then I realized that I needed to train him to be a better conversationalist, take turns in speaking, teach him to pick up on social cues etc. These are life skills that will help him develop better relationships. Because peers aren't going to humor him, they will find someone else.

It sounds like he will need gentle but explicit instruction on this. You can point out how long he's been talking without a break, ask him if his listener looks engaged and why/not, did he give the other person a chance to speak, did he choose the topic, etc. Of course this needs to be done gently so you could use a lot of questions. Like sometimes I'm in the middle of something and DS will come in chattering, and I will say "does this look like a good time to start a conversation?"[/quote]

Thank you. This is really good advice. I have tried gently telling him that conversations need to be roughly equal amounts of talking divided among the people in the conversation. It's a good idea to gently prompt him to read non-verbal cues.[/quote]

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