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Accent Respect and Clarification Plan

Ask for the word without making the voice the joke.

Fifteen minutes for one reading or family decisionFree · Two-page fillable PDF

Companion to When Your Child Makes Someone’s Accent the Joke.

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Hypothetical example: A child replaces an exaggerated imitation with a plain request to hear one missed word again.

01Stop the imitation without repeating the joke

Record the conduct without reenacting or spreading the imitation.

Actual remark or conduct

Audience that heard it

Adult response I gave

02Do not treat unfamiliar speech as a defect

Separate an actual communication question from assumptions about the speaker.

Information not understood

Assumption I must not add

Clarification genuinely needed

03Teach the question that serves understanding

Practice a respectful request and choose any appropriate repair route.

Respectful replacement question

Suitable repair if welcome

Responsible adult route when needed

04Change what the household rewards

Review the child’s conduct and the adult example that supported it.

Adult example to correct

Conduct to stop repeating

Follow-up still owed