GEN: Looking for book title -- parenting communication book

[Rena Deutsch <renadeutsch@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>]

I am looking for the title and/or authors of a book that came out recently
(2000 or late 1999).  The premise of the book is kids are very literal, so
are not always going to understand what you say to them if you don't say it
explicitly.  For example:

You say: Haven't I told you a million times to put away your bookbag?
You mean: Put away your bookbag.
Kid "hears"/understands:  I have told you many times to put away your
bookbag.

The book then talks about ways of communicating with your kids so that they
understand exactly what you mean.

The New York Times had a sidebar type of article about the book in the
science section or book review, or somewhere, sometime this past spring.
Also, I cut out a copy of the review from one of the journals (either
Booklist or Library Journal), but lost it, and I really want to get this
book for someone.

Does anyone recognize this?

TIA!

Rena Deutsch, Librarian
High School for the Humanities
New York, NY
renadeutsch@worldnet.att.net
that what you say to kids the

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