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July 22, 2011
How to Treat Young Girls
An interesting article in the Huffington Post about how to talk to young girls:
I went to a dinner party at a friend's home last weekend, and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time.
Little Maya was all curly brown hair, doe-like dark eyes, and adorable in her shiny pink nightgown. I wanted to squeal, "Maya, you're so cute! Look at you! Turn around and model that pretty ruffled gown, you gorgeous thing!"
But I didn't. I squelched myself. As I always bite my tongue when I meet little girls, restraining myself from my first impulse, which is to tell them how darn cute/ pretty/ beautiful/ well-dressed/ well-manicured/ well-coiffed they are.
Read more here.
MR
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Young girls are very soft hearted. So always behave very friendly with them and never angry on them without any reason.
Posted by: transport operations training | Jul 22, 2011 6:04:04 AM
