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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the poster to whom you are referring. I think you misunderstood me. Maybe you did not read all of the previous posts, because I was responding to posters who said that it was wrong to be emphatic. I did not say anything about white parents are not being emphatic. I was saying that there is nothing wrong with being emphatic and did not understand why others labeled this as the wrong approach. Just wanted to clear that up for ya.[/quote]

thanks for responding. :)[/quote]
No problem, I just wanted to be clear about my point. Other poster keeps arguing with me that being emphatic is shaming and traumatic and does not allow the kid to learn. I beg to differ. Maybe I have a different definition of emphatic[/quote]

The other poster seems to be arguing that when you tell a child they are not allowed to use certain words, the child will stop using those words in conversation with you  but may continue to think the words in their head.  You seem to be arguing that by changing the language the child uses (eliminating the bad words), the thoughts will change in response.  Neither of these arguments seem crazy to me.  I'm surprised that each of you---two of the more thoughtful posters I've seen in my too-many years on DCUM---can't each see the value in the other's approach.  Different strokes, I guess.[/quote]

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