While babysitting at Chris's house, Pat noticed that Chris's mom frequently used unfair power plays on Chris. Pat resented this and planned to tell Chris about it
What could Chris's mom have been doing or saying? What advice can Pat give Chris about how to respond effectively?
What will be an ideal response?
Examples include "nobody upstairs," "you owe me," "you-got-to-be-kidding," metaphors, and thought stoppers. A cooperative response includes: exercise your feelings, describe the behavior to which you object, and state a cooperative response you can both live with comfortably.
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question of a. fact. b. value. c. conjecture. d. policy. e. opinion.
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before you are to give it? What will be an ideal response?
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