It drives you CRAZY (!!!), but silencing them only holds them back in life. Here's why ... "Kids talking back" is a perennial complaint in parenthood. When your kid starts talking back or mouthing off, it pushes your buttons! Staying calm feels incredibly hard, even though you know — in theory — that a calm response is best for everyone involved (as well as your blood pressure). Psychologist Joseph P. Allen, who headed a study for the University of Virginia, says: "We tell parents to think of those arguments ...
