<p>Active Listening Practice Scenarios 1</p><p>Child/Parent - before Active Listening:</p><p>1. Child: I don’t like the new baby.</p><p>Parent: (denying the feeling) ______</p><p>______</p><p>2. Child: I had a dumb birthday party. (After you went “all-out” to make it a wonderful day.)</p><p>Parent: (denying the feeling, giving advice, lecturing) ______</p><p>______</p><p>3. Child: I’m not wearing my bite-plate anymore. It hurts. I don’t care what the orthodontist says!</p><p>Parent: (denying the feeling, giving advice, lecturing) ______</p><p>______</p><p>4. Child: I’m so mad! Just because I was two minutes late for gym, the teacher kicked me off the team.</p><p>Parent: (denying the feeling, giving advice, lecturing) ______</p><p>______</p><p>Active Listening – To Help with Feelings:</p><p> Listen with full attention.  Acknowledge their feelings with a “Oh”… “Mmm”… “I See.”  Give their feelings a name. “That must have been so frustrating”, “You sound really angry.”  Give them their wishes in fantasy. “I wish I could make all homework illegal.”</p><p>Respond to the statements above using Active Listening.</p><p>1. ______</p><p>2. ______</p><p>3. ______</p><p>4. ______</p><p>Reference: “How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk” by Adele Faber.</p><p>SandraSheardConsulting.com 856-332-9227 [email protected] March 2009</p>