Awareness through communication

Young Person’s Mentor/Uplifting Parenting –

In running a household it is important to have good communication.

Good communication increases awareness about what is going on in everyone’s life.

It helps harmonize situations within the household and outside it.

We carry our good communication skills with us.

We can always listen.

We can create room for quiet, patient listening.

We can set aside a regular time to discuss whatever is coming up.

We can reassure the person that we want to hear what they have to say, and we need to be able to pay attention to them.

We can ask them to make a note of their situation and their question and then, at our time together, they can tell us.

As we cultivate calm, inner listening for ourselves, we are prepared to receive what we need to know.

We react less to what is going on around us and we can receive a clear message when we listen to our children.

We can lead them to tell us what is going on in a way which helps us understand what they need from us.

We can create an atmosphere of willing listening by letting the child know when we can sit down with them.

By regular discussions, we cultivate a clear vocabulary.

We communicate comfort by holding the child in our arms.

We do not evaluate or judge anything we are being told.

We continue listening to the child and to our inner direction.

Our desire is for harmony in the home and for the child to have the tools to regain their peace.

Whatever disturbances come into our child’s life, we want them to know how to find appropriate and effective solutions.

We can give them the benefit of our experience, and, more importantly, the ability to listen within for themselves.

We can help them retain and regain their balance through inner listening and good communication.

Inspired Practices