Neil's colleagues said he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood in spite of the bad news.
尼尔的同事说,尽管有这样的坏消息，他居然还有心情嬉笑、逗乐。
If you stop joking about how having a second child is a bad thing for them and teach them about the fun of having siblings as companions, they would be happy to accept the idea, she wrote.
她写道： 馆“如果你不再用如果有了弟弟/妹妹对孩子来说是多么可怕来开玩笑，并且告诉孩子有一个兄弟姐妹作为同伴其实很有意思，其实孩子们是很乐意接受这个主意的。”
"Some people like to tell their kids to stop being bad because they know an elf will tell Santa they're being bad, " she said. "Then their children see my ears and realize their parents aren't joking.
“一些人告诉自己的孩子不要做坏事，因为他们知道有一个精灵会告诉圣诞老人他们不是好孩子”，她说道，“孩子们一看到我的耳朵，就会意识到爸爸妈妈并不是在开玩笑。”
"Some people like to tell their kids to stop being bad because they know an elf will tell Santa they're being bad, " she said. "Then their children see my ears and realize their parents aren't joking.
“一些人告诉自己的孩子不要做坏事，因为他们知道有一个精灵会告诉圣诞老人他们不是好孩子”，她说道，“孩子们一看到我的耳朵，就会意识到爸爸妈妈并不是在开玩笑。”
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