How to Make Kids Like You: One Big Way (and Three Super Simple Tricks)

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How do you “make” kids like you? Like, really, really like you?

I love asking my children’s staff this question, and I’m always fascinated to hear the answers, which both vary and fall in predictable line.

Invariably, what seasoned children’s librarians say is that the one big way to get kids to like you is obvious but necessary: you treat them like people who matter. You ask them questions and then really listen to their answers. You pay attention to what they like and don’t like. You match your emotional tone to theirs.