Parents practice what you preach
Posted by
philo
Jan 3
On a regular daily basis I hear parents scolding their child, about how they don’t listen or do the opposite of what there told but in reality its just a cycle of ignorance. Parents don’t listen to their kids because they seem to know everything and kids don’t listen to their parent because they also know everything. If some parents would take the time to actually listen to their kids then maybe, just maybe, we could make some progress.
Here are some tips parents could use to help their relationships with their kids:
1: When you’re talking to your kids shut up and listen to what they’re saying.
2: If they (kid(s) don’t like something, for example pickles, don’t give them extra pickles in there burger.
3: When your talking to your kids and they aren’t listening to you don’t tell them to shut up, that’s the biggest turn off you could do, simply tell them to wait till your done.
Communication is a must, as well as effective listening; it is the key to any relationship. When you’re not getting through to your kids just be patient and refrain from vulgar dialog no one likes being spoken down to, so talk to everyone as you wish to be spoken to.
Written by Keelan Forsythe Copyright © All rights Reserved, Image Credit: Listen by ky_olsen, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.
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Here’s a challenge, get a piece of paper and make three columns:
In the first, make a list of all the things your parents told you to do that turned into a negative situation.
In the second, make a list of all the things they told you to do that turned into a positive situation.
In the third, make a list of all the times you obeyed and disobeyed your parents, got into a mess and they came to your rescue.
Now, if your list shows that not only do they not know what they’re talking about and/or they are never there for you, then should stop listening to them.
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When your parents are talking to you, your lips are not supposed to moving this is where you are supposed to be listening and vice versa; effective communicating.
You’re right, being told to shut up and vulgar dialog is a big turn off, so, next time you are with your friends, think about that. I am certain you’ve done that more times that you care to admit. I am certain if you have good parents they told you not to do that and you chose not to listen.
If good parents are feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and pissed off because you weren’t listening, they might loose it and tell you to shut or use a bad word. That’s not acceptable but they are humans and will loose it from time to times. Bad parents do this all the time or quite often.
I see a lot of teens speaking like that everyday and they never stop to think how it makes someone feel. Hopefully they’ll read your article and change the way they communicate with their parents, friends, family members, teachers etc.
this is a nice article; its real!
Will do, thanks for the idea of the list, I’m going to try and incorporate it the next time I’m trying to help out a friend