Quotes About Communication

Sometimes just having someone understand how much you want something makes reality easier to bear. So

Parents don't usually give this kind of response, because they fear that by giving a name to the feeling they'll make it worse. Just the opposite is true. The child who hears the words for what she is experiencing is deeply comforted. Someone has acknowledged her inner experience.

INSTEAD OF DISMISSING NEGATIVE FEELINGS ABOUT A SIBLING, ACKNOWLEDGE THE FEELINGS.

It's also not helpful when parents respond with more intensity than the child feels.

The passion and excitement you feel about a child's achievement should be saved for a moment when just the two of you are together. It's too much for the other siblings to have to listen to.

Imagine," I thought, "a world in which brothers and sisters grow up in homes where hurting isn't allowed; where children are taught to express their anger at each other sanely and safely; where each child is valued as an individual, not in relation to the others; where cooperation, rather than competition is the norm; where no one is trapped in a role; where children have daily experience and guidance in resolving their differences.

Children Need to Have Their Feelings Accepted and Respected. 1. YOU CAN LISTEN QUIETLY AND ATTENTIVELY. 2. YOU CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR FEELINGS WITH A WORD.     ââ'¬Å"Oh . . . Mmm . . . I see . . ." 3. YOU CAN GIVE THE FEELING A NAME.     ââ'¬Å"That sounds frustrating!" 4. YOU CAN GIVE THE CHILD HIS WISHES IN FANTASY.     ââ'¬Å"I wish I could make the banana ripe for you right now!

Can I give her a choice about when to do something, rather than insisting upon "right now." ("Do you want to take your bath before your TV show or right after?")

The more you try to push a child's unhappy feelings away, the more he becomes stuck in them. The more comfortable you can accept the bad feelings, the easier it is for kids to leg go of them.

To celebrate his prosperity, fellow employees and friends urged him to take a young concubine to serve him. Even Ye Ye's boss, the London-educated K. C. Li, jokingly volunteered to give him a couple of girls with his bonus. Ye Ye reported all this in a matter-of-fact way in a letter to his wife, adding touchingly that he was a one-woman man.

She texts Kylie the dumb joke she's been saving up all morning: How do you think the unthinkable? When Kylie doesn't respond after a minute, Rachel sends her the answer: With an itheberg.

Whoa, girlfriend! I was wondering if I was ever going to hear from you again. Pretty sure the hitchhiker killers or the spiders were going to get you.

the difference between a physiotherapist and a terrorist is that you might have a chance of negotiating with a terrorist.

the difference between a physiotherapist and a terrorist is that you might have a chance of negotiating with a terrorist." ? Adrian McKinty, The Island

I'm not down with the kids, though, am I? And you still haven't answered my question. What's an SEP?" "Someone else's problem, Sean," Matty said, with a heavy and significant sigh.

Most people ignore most poetry because poetry ignores most people.

I kissed her on the top of her head and hoped that she knew that that meant I love you. She slid her arm around me, underneath my shirt, skin pressed to skin, and I knew that she meant I love you, too.

Women are emotional creatures. You have to listen to them to figure out what they are saying. Show your wife steadfast loyalty.

graphic design has a cultural and aesthetic value beyond the mere trumpeting of commercial messages.

By announcing what we are about to show, showing it, and then clamming up until the first questions are asked, we can help clients to deal with the new and shocking revelation we've placed in front of them. And remember, it's always shocking—it's never what they expected.

All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by...

Do Italians tell you everything they feel without censor?

I wonder if he knows that every time I make a joke, a little piece of my heart breaks off. It's just self-defense. It seems whenever we get close, he leaves.

A man who can seduce with a turn of phrase will not disappoint in the bedroom.