Negotiate and resolve conflict

This is what i'm going to actively do this term. Other than read up on tecnology and literature, work and family and be armed with answers to questions like 'what is the meaning of my life?'. all these, for class participation marks. i can do it. hee.

it's so odd to not have an accounting module this term. i feel like i'm pretty lost. today my nego instructor tried to give us an example of a kid who seperated the 'person' from the 'problem'.

mummy (apparently her friend) and 2 year old girl (mummy's daughter) have a little conversation as the girl is playing her Lego.

Mummy: hi there. what are you doing?

Girl : playing my Lego

Mummy: can Mummy play with u?

Girl: No.

Mummy: Do u love Mummy?

Girl: yes.

Mummy: so can Mummy play Lego with u?

Girl: no.

Let me explain. in case u are lost or think i'm mad for even putting it in my blog. I do just think it's interesting and the way my instructor spoke made the little girl sound cute. Apparently, the issue is that the girl wants to play her Lego alone. And whether or not she loves her mother doesn't change the fact that she would like to play alone. so the point is to not get emotional but to look at things from the point of view of the person you are talking with. Most of the time, we tend to just deduce that the girl doesn't REALLY love the mummy. when that's not the case. Interesting huh? kids are just so straightforward. so pure. hee.


cheryl is actually from the Addam's family. she's the more perky sort.
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