Remember yesterday’s post about three common ways kids know you aren’t listening to them very well? Great news for today. I’ll take those three problems and give you a much better alternative. Parenthood is all about making mistakes, and it really helps if you can learn something from them. Hopefully, you’ll find something in these tips to help communication in your family today.
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It was very interesting article.Just two weeks ago my daughter and I went to her high school girls basketball play-off for regionals, (they lost) Right before we set off to go I got into heated agruement with her father on phone (she was next doof with a friend) she didn’t the arguement but, I was fumeing my way to the bank tryig to beat the Friday night traffic, while sitting in the drive thru , I asked her “what time is the game” she replied 6:00 p.m. , the time at drive thru about 5:25p.m. (we were 3. miles from the school)since I thought she said 6:00 i assumed their was no time for dinner before the game ,I told her we will eat after.Her being the passager said nothing till I bought our tickets their was a sign that read NO RE-ENTRY as we get to our seats I said to my daughter wow it’s empty ,their expecting over a thousand people and finished by saying I’m getting hungry (No food allowed inside gym) She looks at me and says “I told you the game started at 7:00 p.m., I looked at her with bewildered look on my face,i felt like terrible mom . I had not listened to this precious 15 yr.old,trying to talk to me.
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