How to develop a healthy communication within the family

Communication is mostly speaking. Talking may be good and bad in relationships. It can bring people closer or farther away. Communication involves more than talking.

Open communication can build strong relationships, but sharing personal stories cannot. People open up when they reveal their thoughts and feelings throughout an interaction.

Only "trusted" people can be told. It takes time to trust someone. Our friendships were not developed by learning about people's pasts or witnessing their current lives.

This information may have helped us understand their lives, but the main thing is to understand and share what they are experiencing while in our relationship and to transfer our own feelings and thoughts to them.

To sum up, communication is explaining yourself, your requirements, and what you want, and understanding the other person. Listening: Communication is human contact, not language. Two-way communication is extremely vital. Someone speaks, someone listens.

The transmitter and receiver always communicate. Communication involves talking, yet talking is only one instrument. Without speaking, we can communicate using body language. Even if a person doesn't speak, their silence can convey a lot.

Communication can be verbal or nonverbal. Facial expressions, gestures, and attitudes are nonverbal. Sometimes what we hear is not what the other person wants to communicate.

This means “listening” is different from “hearing”. Healthy communication requires good listening to understand the message. Because spoken words may be unclear.

Excellent listeners wait till the other person finishes speaking to formulate their response. Some listeners assume they know what the other person will say and stop listening, answering before they finish.

People generally save their most essential point till last. Listen until the other person finishes, then prepare your response. There are basic listening abilities.

If you're always talking, it's hard for others to express themselves or their thoughts. Silence sends significant messages that the listener cannot see:I want to hear your feelings, embrace them, trust your decision to communicate them, and remind you that this is your responsibility. Silence alone is insufficient.

Reactions that indicate understanding and acceptance: Silence cannot prove we "really" listen. In between the brief affirmations below, passive listening (silence) works better. Therefore, verbal and nonverbal cues that show we understand the other person's words and sentiments are helpful.

Real listening starts with physical listening. Looking at the speaker's eyes displays attention. Leaning, touching, nodding, and smiling at the speaker...

Especially when chatting to a youngster, crouching, sitting, or elevating the child to our height, holding the child, and looking at his face. Verbal signs: “Uh huh..”, “Hmm..”, “Oh!”, “Oh”, “Yes”, “I see”, “Interesting”, “Is that so?”

Such verbal clues show that the listener is paying attention. When the speaker or child has a problem, physical closeness, physical attention, listening by staring at the speaker's face, silence, and follow-up signals are useful. However, some issues cause strong emotions.

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