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Improving Family Communication – Part 2

What makes family communication worse? Criticizing or using a voice with contempt Using hot button words: always, never, you, should Dismissing, blaming, shaming, threats, exaggerating, defensiveness, teasing , silent treatment Using too many words Not validating other person’s experiences Having unreasonable expectations Being critical or condescending Name calling Using closed ended questions – answers are […]

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Improving Family Communication – Part 1

Positive family communication is highly desired, and yet sometimes it is hard to achieve. Search Institute, a non-profit, non-sectarian research foundation whose mission is to get important child development information out to parents, reported in their Search Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors survey [self-assessments] of almost 150,000 6th- to 12th-grade youth in