My 6yo talks TOO much

[angelaartsstudent]

Tell him that you think it would be really fun if he wrote you a letter instead of talking so at the end of the day you can read his lovely letter...and write one back to him.

May be a bit of fun for the end of the school holidays...maybe he can draw or write about looking forward to school or etc, making friends, favourite things to do etc etc

[Toomanytoomany]

Oh dear, I had to laugh. Some kids are just awful chatterboxes, aren't they? And they sometimes aren't great at picking up body language. I've always said that you wait that whole first year for them to say "mum" and then regret it for the rest of your life

I've been known to say to my chatterbox, "Darling, I love you, but from now until five minute's time, I'd like you to just stop talking for a bit, okay?" If they are stream of consciousness kids (I've got a couple of those) encouraging getting their thoughts out in a diary is really good.

There's a book called "The five love languages of children" that talks about how different children interpret love being demonstrated for them. For some, it's about physical contact (my Limpet Child is like that), for others it's being praised a lot, for others it's about being noticed and interacted with a lot. Sometimes understanding that can help deal with the frustration, particularly when your "love language" is different!

[Toomanytoomany]

Tell him that you think it would be really fun if he wrote you a letter instead of talking so at the end of the day you can read his lovely letter...and write one back to him.

What a lovely idea!