The Importance of Teaching Your Child to Communicate | Part 2

Parenting On Purpose

Helping My Child Share Feelings In A Positive Way

One of the most important aspects of communication is the ability to share ones feelings. Although this seems such a basic form of communication it can be easily overlooked in the training of our children. Yesterday we talked about how our current culture is so distracted and fast paced that we cannot take our job of training our children to communicate for granted. It must be something that is done very intentionally.

When children are younger we are constantly reminding them to, “Use your Words�, in order to help them communicate. As they grow older we may allow them to try and communicate through emotions, such as anger or frustration, because we have grown weary of the time it takes to deal with their behavior .  However, when our children are acting out in frustration or anger, we need to remind them to use their words. If our children are not trained how to communicate their feelings both positive and negative, it can lead to some destructive behavior patterns. Bottling up emotions can be very dangerous. When you are teaching your child how to communicate their feelings, you are also beginning to help them learn how to process through their emotions. Emotions that are raw and un-processed can also lead to destructive behaviors.  We must be constantly in tune with our children’s day to day so that we can remind them to “use their words. “