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                                                       yourself for a play date? How do you
              Parent:  You  know  what?  Instead,      introduce yourself to someone that
              let’s  pretend  that  you  are  playing
              with a toy that I want to play with.     you do if your friend is talking and the
                                                       teacher tells everyone to be quiet?
              Child: Ok.
                                                       do something to you that makes you
              Parent: That looks like a fun toy. Can   uncomfortable?
              I play with it?


              Child: No, I play.                       create a role-play scenario in which
                                                       you enact the appropriate response
              Parent: Ok, can I have a turn when       and then allow your child to mimic
              you are done?                            that  response.  This  will  give  your
                                                       child the tools to use when he gets
              Child: Um. Okay. Soon.


              Parent: See, I didn’t grab it and then   Incidentally,  this  same  role-playing
              you agreed to give me a turn. Now,       technique  can  be  used  during
              you try.                                 shidduch coaching. If  you feel your
                                                       child  needs  to  brush  up  on  his  or


              get more complex. For instance, what     appropriate responses will set your
              do you do when children are playing      child at ease when he or she enters
                                                       the parsha of shidduchim.
              How do you invite someone over to








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