Children are very perceptive. When our friend's daughter was small, if she was talking to her father or her mother and she felt that they were not quite tuned in to what she was saying, she would adamantly inform them that they were not listening to her. Sometimes she would take a different approach, especially if they were seated in a chair or on the couch. She would be talking away and realize that they were not giving her their undivided attention. Her approach to handling their inattentiveness was to climb into their laps, cup their faces in her hands, get close to their eyes and inform them in no uncertain terms that they were not listening to her. What she was simply saying by her action was that she wanted their undivided attention. She wanted them to listen to what she had to say. …