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Vocal Tone and Eye Contact
From: Cracking the Boy Code
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• Vocal tone is the most important signal you send about your state of mind, and where a conversation is going.
• Task-tone relaxes boys. It is both succinct and respectful, encouraging boys to be less defensive and more responsive.
• Eye contact should be used carefully. At moments of heightened stress or vulnerability, less eye contact is preferable. Many boys listen and hear better when eye contact is reduced.
Contributors
Adam Cox
Adam J. Cox Ph.D, is a clinical psychologist whose work includes thousands of hours interviewing children. His research includes a multi-year global research project, Locating Significance in the Lives of Boys, for the International Boys' Schools Coalition, during which he interviewed students and teachers in the US, UK, Canada, Singapore, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, from a wide variety of social and educational backgrounds. A sought-after therapist and frequent speaker on the psychology of boys, he is author of the acclaimed books On Purpose Before Twenty, Boys of Few Words and No Mind Left Behind. Cox lives in Rhode Island and shares his wisdom in his newsletter Family Matters at DrAdamCox.com.
