A child comes home from school and has obviously been in a fight. The child has a black eye and is fuming. What would Thomas Gordon suggest?

A. The child owns the problem and the parent should engage in active listening
B. The parent owns the problem because she or he is more concerned than the child. The parent should investigate what happened through school officials before addressing the child
C. The parent owns the problem and the parent should engage the child with an I-statement
D. The child has handled the problem. It is not interfering with the parent’s needs. There is no problem


ANS: A

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