Author: Sandra Macke-Piper, MSC | LPC On the way to school one morning my 7-year-old asked me, “Mommy. Do I talk back to you?” It was a rather abrupt change of subject since moments before he was talking about what toys he wanted for Christmas. I took a moment to answer him. “Sometimes”, I said. “But sometimes talking back is good. You should be able to talk back to me. It just depends on how you do it.” He responded by asking if I could train his dad’s g