Relationships with parents and family are often complicated, and lack of communication can be a major hurdle in bridging divides between family members. Armed with a few key communication strategies, however, you can help open up the lines of...
How you, as a parent, talk and communicate with your child, is important to your relationship with your child. Parents are their child's first teachers, and showing your child positive ways of interacting and communicating will give him the...
Effective communication between divorced parents plays an important role in helping the children involved to adjust. Ongoing hostility, more than the divorce itself, is a main cause of maladjustment in children of divorced parents. Parents often...
As a student, you likely spent more time listening than talking to teachers during a typical school day. As a parent and advocate for your child, you suddenly have the opportunity to initiate conversations, express appreciation, discuss concerns,...
Relationships between parents and their children are often complicated, and many times problems arise from miscommunication or a lack of communication. If you want to establish a stronger relationship with your parents or bridge the distance...
Learning your ABCs and effectively communicating with your children can both be daunting tasks. When children learn their ABCs, they say or sing the letters over and over. How can you learn to communicate well with your child? As the saying goes,...
Sending your teenager off to college ranks as high on the proud-but-sad chart as sending them off to kindergarten. Only this time, he won't be coming home after school to tell you all about it. You will have to settle for emails, texting, phone...
Effective communication skills are paramount to being a good parent. These skills become even more important as your child matures. When a child is still very young, communication will basically revolve around her physical needs. As a parent, you...
Many parents have difficulty communicating with their children. Poor communication can lead to anger and frustration from the child and the parent. Many parents don't realize they are making basic mistakes when they are trying to communicate with...
There are compelling reasons why teenagers are prone to risky behavior. In a sense, they are wired to do so. In the early 21st century, researchers discovered that earlier theories about brain development in adolescents were erroneous. Previously,...
Communication often determines the quality of the parent-child relationship. It's much easier to weather the storms of life when both parents and children talk and listen to each other. For parents, this means awareness of the importance of...
Effective communication skills are vital for parents. Both listening and talking are important skills to develop in order to facilitate communication, report researchers at the Leo Magan Speech Sanctuary. Additionally, parents need to develop the...
Communication enables parents and children to express their thoughts and feelings with one another. Effective communication helps strengthen the parent-child relationship and increases mutual understanding. Conflict occurs when communicated...
Teenagers who struggle with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a harder time being successful at school and making and maintaining relationships with peers. The disorder is characterized by impulsivity, hyperactivity and...
Family therapy is a form of psychological counseling that focuses on improving dynamics and communication between family members, notes the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). When one or several family members struggle...
Communication is vital to successfully functioning interpersonal relationships. Every form of artistic expression, from music to sculpting, seeks the singular goal of communicating with others--of sharing significance, beauty or truth. In the...
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a troublesome pattern of defiant, disobedient and hostile behavior in children and teens, toward authority figures that continues for a period of at least six months. W.D. Tynan, PhD., states that the base...
Parenting skills are essential to the healthy development of children. While most questions about different aspects of child-rearing don't have absolute right and wrong answers, there are basic guidelines about how parenting skills are best...
When it comes to their emotional and psychological well-being, children want the same things adults do, such as love, affection, support, forgiveness, respect, physical boundaries and attention. To communicate effectively with children, it is thus...
"You're not listening to me!" Parents say this all the time to their children. The reverse is true as well--kids often tell their parents they're not listening to them. According to the Child Development Institute, good communication is essential...
There is often a genuine communication gap between children and parents. It is only through sincere and honest communication that parents can help their children grow up to become healthy, happy and honest individuals and members of society....
In no other relationship will the need for effective communication be more important than in your own family. However, it is important to know that as much as family members love each other, when communication skills are poor, relationships will...
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics and KidsHeath.org, anger is an emotion that younger children can learn to manage with help from parents, teachers or older siblings. The key to improving a child's anger management is to help him...
One of the most common childhood diagnoses, ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, impacts a child's life at home, in school and with friends. ADHD affects 3 to 7 percent of school-age children, according to the Centers for Disease...
Parenting agreements represent parents' negotiated resolution of issues with regard to custody and visitation or parenting time, according to "The Complete Divorce Handbook: A Practical Guide" by Brette McWhorter Sember. Not all parenting plans...
Communication is more than speaking or writing. To be effective, communication requires the creation of a common understanding of ideas, desires and observations among people. Communication is a two-way exchange that involves both a presenter and...
Most parents believe that communicating with their child is only talking; they often forget that listening is an equally important part of effective communication. The nonverbal signals that you as a parent send to your children can impact them in...
Basketball coaches are needed at all levels of play from youth to collegiate basketball. Coaches teach the fundamental skills of basketball as well as more advanced skills. Basketball coaching jobs are limited and organizations are looking to hire...
Often, a child's first exposure to human communication is with her parents, who set the example for this crucial life skill. If you communicate clearly and effectively, your child will learn to do the same. Moreover, if your child feels heard,...
