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Think of experiences you have had with infants or toddlers, either professionally or personally. Describe an example of positive parent-child (or caregiver-child) communication you observed and an example of communication that was negative or harmful. Give your opinion as to why one example was positive and why the other was negative in regards to the child's development.

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This solution integrates 200 words of personal notes to briefly describe an example of both negative and positive parent-child (or caregiver-child) communication observed as well as an example of how the negative communicator should have handled the situation.

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As a brief anecdotal description of an example of positive parent-child communication I observed: I saw a parent engaged in a choice offering to her child in the grocery store when the child was having a temper tantrum. The parent ...

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