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Old Aug 09, 2012, 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Odee View Post
I've also noticed that little kids are notoriously bad at applying a "word budget" when they are relating information or telling a story. They don't seem to have the concept of 'irrelevant' yet
Thanks for that, I have been repeating this over and over in my head ever since. Every time she starts giving me 500 worded paragraphs in explanation as to why for something I think of this 'word budget' and redeem my patience another few minutes before finally cutting her off. If I don't stop her after a while I fear she could go on and on and on and on and on and on and
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