does your child talk A LOT?

[warriortemujin]

It’s good to learn to listen to your kids.

It helps to understand them better

[RachelLee]

Yes, my youngest is too talkative for his own good. He’s always talking to his sister when he should be doing his work, sometimes during tuition too. I seriously don’t know what to do with him.

[PhoBIA]

smurf:

didnt realise that you are kidding...hahah...ya hor, i should give him a flute! then he can blow his flute or better still, give him a trumpet!

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[aamama]

I came across this forum and found it so funny. My youngest dd is superbly talkative whereas my older dd is quiet. We were so happy when she started babbling at a young age and her speech milestone is well beyond her peers. Now, many a times she gets a TIMEOUT from us - \"Finger on your lips and sit down quietly for 30 minutes / do your work and no talking\".

I know this sounds cruel.... but having to face her everyday, and only left with 3 hours break in the morning (when she's in Kindy) and her bedtime, it is really irritating coz' her voice is high-pitched and loud. Small size but voice is really loud. You know how we (older girl and me) find her in the supermarket with her daddy? We don't look for them, we listen out for her voice. :rotflmao: You'll hear her yakking away.

I wonder what will happen next year when she goes P1

Being in the debate team sounds a good idea, but that will only happen in secondary right?
Davidwong1976 : I like your idea of singing. But ..... not when she's out of tune right? I cringe everytime she starts singing.

[SBKS]

errmmmm ok, they talk to express themselves - agreed. they learn from our actions - agreed.


but how do we teach them to talk by taking turns and not interrupt? So if they interrupt and we shush them, wouldnt they learn from our actions and do that to us?

my elder DD is training my patience now. yakking nonstop. and delaying whatever she is doing. not focusing. kept telling her to stop and focus but she will start again in a matter of seconds. :yikes:

is there a successful way that any parent uses that can be shared here with us on how to teach them to not interrupt and to focus on what they are doing instead of yakking nonstop while doing things?

I m ok if she yak to me when she is playing. but writing, eating, bathing, pooing, peeing, changing, wearing, also yak. :nailbite:

[Raemuumy]

slmkhoo:

aamama:

... it is really irritating coz' her voice is high-pitched and loud. Small size but voice is really loud. You know how we (older girl and me) find her in the supermarket with her daddy? We don't look for them, we listen out for her voice. :rotflmao: You'll hear her yakking away.

I'm quite sensitive to noise, so I have trained my kids to speak (relatively) quietly. They were so used to speaking loudly in kindy and school that they used the same volume at home which drove me crazy. You can teach your daughter an 'inside' voice and an 'outside' voice, and keep reminding her until she gets into the habit of adjusting her volume. As for talking a lot, sometimes, the constant chatter of my girls drives me mad too, and I also insist on silence for periods of time to maintain my sanity!

Haha. I am going through that process too.

[elohz]

My 3 year old son talks a lot. Especially is he’s really happy and excited. He tells a lot story and he always includes the three little pigs (which i always tell him the story during at night) but he has a different version.Sometimes, we are really amazed how he thinks and talk about things just like that.

[sundaymorning]

smurf:

my p1 boy talks a lot. eat also talk, bath also talk, even wear baju also talk! i dun have any problem with him talking, but when he talks, he stops whatever he is doing and continue yakking away. this slow thing down. for example, i expect him to get ready for sch in maybe 10 mins, but if he talks and talks, he will take 30 mins to get ready, or ometimes even longer. he has no sense of timing, he will not notice the time unless i said, \"you are late.\" and i have to say this sentence at least 3 times. when i assign work for him to do, example, do a page of chinese assessment, he will sit for 2 mins, then come to me to see wat im doing and then starts to yak and yk about what im doing! this drives me crazy because ive to constatntly scream at him to go back to do his stuff. just as im typing this post, he is eating his breakfast, immediately, he put down his spoon and stand beside me and kaypo.


:stompfeet: :stompfeet: :stompfeet:

Yes, i guess its normal

[Geraldinelim]

Chenonceau:

smurf:

talk is ok, but not ok when he has to finish assignment, practising. coz a violin session can stretch from 30 mins to 45 mins. and thats not good, because i would have to pay more! maybe what he learns is only 15 mins thing. the rest of the time, he wastes it on talking. :stompfeet: :stompfeet:

Stop the violin? Give him flute or clarinet?

I dont think the mummy would be too happy to hear this statement.

[Skyed]

I talk in class so much until teachers complain. :x