Children have very few prejudices (not having had a chance to learn too many yet), and have no filter or guile about those prejudices which they have absorbed. In talking with children, we can learn what we have inadvertently taught them, for good or bad. Such conversations are excellent mirrors to hold up to ourselves. Perhaps we think nothing of using foul language, until we hear it echoed from the mouths of our offspring. Or we don't realize ways in which we stereotype others, until our filter-free kiddos say something that makes us cringe. Conversely, how lovely it is when our children think it completely natural to speak politely, offer sincere compliments, and share freely, because this is the behavior they see modeled in the home.
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/learn-kids-talking-disability/story?id=26480369
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