cooperation with your children

Communication is the cornerstone of any meaningful relationship effective, honest and open conversation in a family can lead to nurturing, caring and trusting bonds that will last a lifetime.

Parents set the tone for the kind communication that goes on in their household by treating each other with respect and by encouraging, disciplining and guiding their children with word and actions that show respect and honesty everyday life with its stressful, harried pace can wreak havoc on family life, and communication lines can get frazzled or broken.

Establish guideline: every family hold have a set of ground rules including ways to communicate for instance, no yelling or screaming is allow end in the home everyone, including adults, must follow those rules.

Conversation time: it’s important for the family to establish a time to talk, preferably dinnertime. This is a special time for family members to share information about their day parents ask open questions to encourage unstructured communication.

Body language: body language is important look your children in the eyes when you talk to them truly listen to what they have to say encourage further conversation by patting their back or smiling at them.

Provide choices: to avoid appearing authoritative, parents should offer choices whenever possible ask the child to choose between two shirt or two pairs of pants when dressing tell a child he can go out and play if he cleans up; if not, he can stay inside this supports a child’s natural desire to feel more independent and in control of his or her own behavioral.

In my humble opinion communication with our children and students is a guideline to be followed for this brings us achievements, which will affect the future of our children who are our legacy in this life and our future representative.  

Libia López

Miami, FL.