The Mehrabian Rule Book: 24 Illustrated Activities for Kids Ages 8-12 to Master Body Language, Tone of Voice, and Social Cues for Real-Life Confidence - Softcover

Kims, James

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798199884068

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Help your child stop missing the social clues other kids expect them to catch.

Some kids want friends badly, but the room keeps moving faster than they can read it. They joke after everyone has gone quiet. They stand too close. They miss the face that says "please stop." They sound rude when they meant to sound confident.

Then the parent hears the same painful pattern: "I didn't mean it like that." "They just stopped talking to me." "I don't know why everyone got mad."

Those moments are not small when they keep happening. A child who misses tone of voice, body language, facial expression, personal space, and timing can be misunderstood again and again, even when their words are fine.

The Mehrabian Rule Book gives your child a practical way to check the whole message, not just the words.

Built around Dr. Albert Mehrabian's famous 7-38-55 rule, this illustrated activity guide turns communication into a simple detective method: 7% words, 38% tone of voice, and 55% body language and facial expression when words and feelings do not match. No mind-reading. No diagnosis. Just repeatable clues your child can practice.

What your child gets inside:

• Communication Detective checks: kid-friendly prompts for comparing words, voice, face, body, space, timing, and context.
• Real friendship moments: practice for fake smiles, cold shoulders, confusing jokes, awkward apologies, group projects, and friends who suddenly pull away.
• Tone of voice games: quick activities that show how volume, speed, pitch, and attitude can change the same words.
• Body language practice: screen-free exercises for posture, eye contact, facial clues, personal space, and movement.
• Mismatch spotting: learn what it means when someone says "I'm fine," but their voice, arms, face, or body says something else.
• Kind next moves: simple ways to pause, repair, ask, listen, and respond without making the moment worse.

Instead of another lecture about being polite, your child gets a concrete clue system they can use at school, with friends, in family moments, and anywhere words do not tell the whole story.

Give your child a practical way to read social cues, understand mixed messages, and build stronger social confidence.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798199884068
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 126
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg