Sidhika Goenka uses a remote control metaphor to teach kids how to handle rude comments. When someone says something hurtful, you can refuse it the same way you'd refuse an unwanted remote: say no, ignore it, and give it back mentally so it doesn't hurt you.
Negative thoughts or comments. When somebody gives you a negative remark and you don't want to take that remark, you tell your child, if I am giving you a remote control but you don't want that remote control, what will you say? I don't want it. I'm not going to take that remote control. I'm going to leave it right there. Same goes for negative comments. If somebody has said something rude to you which you don't like, you say, I don't want it, and you give it back to the person. You ignore it, you don't take it, and you give it back. Bye.
