Preparing Your Teen for Social Interaction – Part 2
Aug 31Using Parties to Train Your Teen
Preparing Your Teen for Social Interaction – Part 1
Aug 30Parties Are Opportunities
Communication Blocker – Impatience
Aug 27The final blocker this week is one that we all have to deal with at one time or another. It is impatience. This is an emotion that can sometimes be avoided if we are simply more organized and not having to rush everywhere. But ultimately patience is a Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), which means that it is not something that we come by naturally.
When we are impatient with our children for whatever reason we can more easily brush off what they are saying and not truly listen to them. If we get in a pattern of impatience it can cause them to clam up and either turn elsewhere to be listened to or internalize everything. Both of these are bad especially when it is our job to make them feel loved and valued.
Choose to be patient with your children. Make sure that you are spending time communicating with God. Only through His strength can you be patient through any frustration, and communicate to your children not only your love for them but ultimately His!
The Power of Saying Yes – Part 5
Aug 27Using the power of yes to practice social interactions with your child
Communication Blockers – Peers
Aug 26There is another area that can become a blocker for teaching positive communication and that can be a child’s peers. Peers can be a positive practicing tool for communication, but if peers are the only place our children are learning how to communicate it can be detrimental. If we as a family are not placing an emphasis on communication then our kids will have to learn somewhere. Peers can also end up being a listening substitute for your child. This means that if your child doesn’t feel listened to at home they will search for a place where they feel that acceptance. One of the ways we can make our child feel valued and accepted at home is simply by listening to them.
A second way that peers can be a blocker for positive communication is if they are a negative influence on your child. Issues with attitude and negativity can rub off on our children if we are not careful. As parents we need to take the time to get to know the people who can also have a big influence on our children, their friends.
August 27
