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Sarcasm, Meaning, and Plain Instruction Page
Give the instruction without making the child decode it.
Companion to When Your Child Takes an Adult’s Sarcastic Remark Literally.
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Hypothetical example: a parent replaces a sarcastic doorway remark with a clear shoe instruction and owns the unkind part instead of blaming the child for misunderstanding.