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Ways To Communicate Positively With
Children
*Start communicating effectively while
children are young. Before parents and
their children can communicate, both
must feel comfortable enough to do so.
While their children are very young,
parents should begin setting the stage
for open, effective communication.
Parents can do this by making themselves
available to their children when they are
have questions or just want to talk.
Furthermore, parents who provide them
children with plenty of love,
understanding and acceptance are helping
to create a climate for open
communication. Children who feel loved
and accepted by their parents are more
likely to open up and share their
thoughts, feelings, and concerns with
their parents.
Sometimes it's easier for parents to feel
acceptance for their children than it is
to actually show it. Parents must
and demonstrate to their children that they
love and accept them. Parents can do
this in both verbal and nonverbal ways.
Verbally parents can let their children
know they accept them through what
they say. Parents should try to send
positive messages to their children. For
example, when a child picks up his toys
after he or she is finished with them,
parents can let him or her know that they
appreciate it by saying something like, "I
appreciate it when you pick up yours
toys without being told.” When
talking with their children, parents
should be careful of what they say
and how they say it. Everything
parents say to their children send a
message about how they feel about
them. For example, if a parent says
something like "Don't bother me now.
I'm busy," their children may wind up
thinking that their wants and needs
are not important.
Nonverbally, parents can show their
children they accept them through
gestures, facial expressions, and
other non verbal behaviors. Parents
should try to eliminate behaviors like
Yelling and not paying attention to
their children. Such behaviors get in
the way of effective communication.
Practice makes perfect: Parents
must learn to show acceptance in
ways their children will pick up on.
*Communicate at your children's
level. When parents communicate
with their children, it is important
for them to come down to theirs
children's level both verbally and
bodily. Verbally, parents should
try to use age-appropriate language
that their children can easily
understand. with younger children,
this can be done by using simple
words. For example, young children
are much more likely to understand a