Question

What are three tips that parents can use to improve communication with their children?

Answer 1

Well there is really no such thing as actual perfect parental advice because every child is different when it comes to parenting. But here is my advice.

1. Getting to know your child understanding their feelings and making them feel comfortable. If your child seems to harbor anger,sadness,fear or anxiety or is misbehaving it possibly most likely means that there is something bothering them such as sibling rivalry,being ignored,feeling unloved,stressed about school,life or so on. It's always good to sit down with your child and establish and let them know that you're there for them, you love them and they can feel comfortable to talk to you about anything in life once in a while. As a parent your main focus in life is to make your children grow into fit happy adults who aren't influenced to do things later on in their life by their bad memories and still have fears not being able to do things to move on in life.

2. I can not stress this enough a thing that makes children uncomfortable and sad to talk to parents is yelling with hurtful words and a harmful tone. Yelling,cussing will never get your child anywhere to communicate with you it will just make them more afraid to open up to you and not be free and open depending on how you have raised them with their confidence. If your child is low on confidence and afraid to talk to even you the parent and you have had incidents of harsh yelling once in a while with them it's possible their afraid of you. If the child is a confident one that is rebellious and doesn't open up to you it means they ignore their feelings and express it by being misbehaved. (So please make sure if you ever want to discipline your child say it in a strict calm tone or give them a time out.) Make sure you know that your child is comfortable and not afraid to talk with their own parents.

3. On occasional free time or good behavior from them go out with them and do things they want to do a child is most comfortable and happy when their somewhere they like to be and can have fun and relax. Going to an area or doing an activity with them that they enjoy (that is suitable for children of course) and talking to them is a great way to boost your relationship with them. Doing this will make them feel as though you support their happiness and dreams and ideas and you're not a threat or purposely don't want to spend time with them if you're busy or have a weak relationship with them and don't talk to them much. It also gives you some time to talk to them! :)

And my final additional advice. Be the parent you know you should be. Children admire a calm,firm,supportive parent who will guide them through life give them support and make them feel comfortable. I hope my advice has been helpful to you good luck if this is for an assignment of course always go with your mind and your ideas though! :) (Btw I'm not a parent i'm a 13 year old girl who has observed peoples feelings through out my life haha.)

Answer 2

thanks

Answer 3

No problem! :) Good luck!