Many parents are concerned that they cannot communicate well with children as they grow. First, you may want to review how you are communicating with children.
“It's time to go to school. Hurry up!” “Let's eat dinner.”
You may communicate with children for daily matters. Except for that, your communication style is likely to be unilateral, asking questions about school and grades.
Many parents do not know well about what their children like or how they get along with friends these days. They would just say, “My child likes playing computer games.” But, they usually don't know exactly what games they like.
When parents simply ask questions about this and that disregarding children's thoughts and feelings, children may feel burdened and uncomfortable about the conversation itself. Especially, when parents talk about an issue with negative emotions, communication between parents and children becomes really hard. This mechanism applies to all relationships. No one likes being talked by someone who communicates unilaterally with negative emotions.
Children's psychology as well as their body keeps growing. Communication style must change according to the child's phases of psychological development. Children in the phase of formation of self-identity must be talked to differently from children in the phase of adaptation to relationships. Otherwise, children may think that their parents are difficult to talk with and they may begin to avoid interacting with parents.
If you want to improve communication with your children, you must check for whether your communication style is reciprocal, whether you talk with negative or positive emotions, and whether you consider the phase of the child's psychological development.
You can easily recover your communication with your children when you make efforts in the right way by adopting Mother Therapy. You will be talking with your children about everything and then, you can easily prevent and address diverse problems children may go through in the growth process.
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