This is a category of behavior that children exhibit: expressing a feeling, and wanting or assuming that the adult(s) can figure it out. Adults also exhibit it in the form of hinting. Lots of folks just don't understand hinting, and another category of people will read statements as this article describes, as hints.
Clear communication demands avoiding hinting, also enough context to keep the unaware from reading statements as hints.
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This is a category of behavior that children exhibit: expressing a feeling, and wanting or assuming that the adult(s) can figure it out. Adults also exhibit it in the form of hinting. Lots of folks just don't understand hinting, and another category of people will read statements as this article describes, as hints.
Clear communication demands avoiding hinting, also enough context to keep the unaware from reading statements as hints.