By: spedding

spedding — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:06:11 +0000

Agreed, it is astonishing. In those scenarios, my Jack (3 1/2 now) would say something like “Dad, say: “What’s going on? That’s ridiculous” “, essentially thinking of what he wants to say, then instantly flipping it into the perspective of the observer and rephrasing it. When doing puzzles, he will figure out the correct choice, then point to each incorrect choice and say something like “Dad, say: “Is it this one? No”, until the only one left is the correct choice he knew all along. (A crafty ploy for stringing out his bedtime story endlessly, I might add). And they seem to intuitively understand the Art of Negotiation without needing to study for an MBA..

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By: spedding