When parents use child’s full name…

I told our daughter how Margie nods and smiles when I call her Margie or my wife, but sometimes shakes her head when I call her Margaret Anne. Our daughter reminded me that the hospice nurse had shown me that she still remembers early childhood incidents, then said since most parents use the child’s full name only when chastising, maybe when I say Margaret Anne it reminds her of her reaction to such incidents. Interesting thought. Since that is so common, maybe I will not say her full name. Let’s not have negative distant memories.

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