12 Tips For Creating The Right Environment Within Your Family

Build Communication Skills

Model good communication for your children. They’ll learn more from observing you than from what you say. Keep these points in mind:

• Don’t assume you know what your child means. Check when you’re not clear on what’s bothering them.
• Avoid criticizing, sarcasm, and judging.
• Be specific. Don’t talk in generalities.
• Deal with one problem at a time.
• Attack the problem, not the child.