Category Archives: Children

Beyond Eye Contact: What Are Social Pragmatics?

Social pragmatics are the structure and non-verbal behaviors that occur in a conversation.  Is there eye contact?  Are the individual’s facial expressions varied and appropriate to the situation?  Is the individual the appropriate distance from another person for both of …

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Parents of Valor and Grace

I was stung when a dear friend of mine whom I respect said I was a tiger mother.  Then within the same week a 14 year old friend and successful student, read a paper Sally, age 16, had written.  At …

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