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[[File:Tone-of-Your-Voice-page1.jpg|thumb|upright|''Baby and Child Care'' pg.273<ref>https://archive.org/details/babychildca1968spoc/page/273/mode/1up</ref>]]
[[File:Tone-of-Your-Voice-page2.jpg|thumb|upright|Baby and Child Care pg.274<ref>https://archive.org/details/babychildca1968spoc/page/274/mode/1up</ref>]]

== Lyrics ==
{{Lyrics|
You can't stop him
By just saying "no"
At least not right
At the beginning

The tone of your voice
Be it high or low
Your expression severe
A ?

Now whether you say "no"
And whether you mean it or not
Will tell later
Be firm but light as a feather

If you shout
If you're a berater
He'll say to himself
"Am I mouse, or a man who will grab the lamp cord?"

That's the sure way
To burn down the house
And that is something
No one can afford

His nature is the drive and the spur
It's exciting, the tough guy talking
Chances are he will go for the lamp with quite extraordinary gall

That's the program to stare and ? refuse all directions and balk
To see how much you'll holler and champ
It's a bluff you really must call
}}

== Chronology ==
* {{RLink|Baby}}

== Interpretations ==
* Based on Chapter 411 of Spock's ''Baby and Child Care''

== References ==
{{Baby and Child Care}}

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