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Old 07-15-2009, 06:07 AM   #46
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Default Re: Should there be a 'parenting' skill?

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Originally Posted by roguebfl View Post
If you take that approach I would give you a TDM that would off set or be worse than the bonus you would get for familiarity. While Children are individual people they are not mini adults
Plus, for a good few years the child doesn't have what we think of as social skills. I know a couple of HR professionals with scads of training in reading and manipulating adults who came completely unstuck when faced with small children.
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