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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No thank you just seems very unclear. With small children you need to be very clear about what you mean because they are still working on language development. “Do not hit me” is much clearer than “no thank you.” [/quote]

I agree with this. I read a child psych book that said affirmative commands are much easier to understand cognitively. Negative commands require two steps, cognitively.

I also hate the “no thank you” thing because it really confuses kids about what that term means.  Those are the kids saying “no thank you” right back when they are told to do something.  (Like — it’s time to go to bed.  No thank you!). No thank you is short for no, I don’t want that but thank you for offering me the choice to have it.  It makes no sense to use it when no choice is offered and a directive is given.  I find kids raised with that are often ruder — they use polite language but don’t understand the difference between an instruction and an option.
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