After reading the short story “Gorilla my love” by Toni Cade Bambara is prevalent that children do take the words you tell them to heart and as an adult your words have more weight when speaking to a child. I think it she should established before hand when speaking to a child about something serious and let them know what you mean what your about to tell them. because its very common for children to misunderstand something along the lines of what happened in the story. though a parent should not always be brutal and tell their exactly how the world is they should guide them and let them learn from their experiences because the best way to learn is from experience
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Hi, you make a very good point by suggesting that parents should preface conversations to be serious or not when speaking to their children. This could help children understand the different between teasing and more weighted topics.
I think when we are talking to our children with should know their emotions first. We should know how the feel about the situation. We have to be honest and let them know that we will be there for them always.