# Mister Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Maxwell King]]
- Full Title: Mister Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/06/mr-rogers-neighborhood-talking-to-kids/562352/

## Highlights
- He insisted that every word, whether spoken by a person or a puppet, be scrutinized closely, because he knew that children—the preschool-age boys and girls who made up the core of his audience—tend to hear things literally.