| One of the most frustrating challenges we face as | | | | responsibility of the parent to emphasize positive |
| parents is communicating effectively with our child. | | | | patterns of communication and ensure the child learns |
| Though we strive to open an honest two-way line of | | | | that ignoring communication is not acceptable. Early |
| communication with our child, we become frustrated | | | | prevention, in the form of educating your child about |
| when it appears their attention isn't solely on us or | | | | the proper forms of communication, is the key to |
| the conversation at hand. Yet we seem to find it's | | | | ensuring that the non-verbal agreement does not |
| perfectly acceptable to discuss things with them | | | | take hold. Teach your child by example. Remain |
| while reading the paper, folding clothes, or working on | | | | completely and totally focused on them and the |
| the computer and then are often left wondering | | | | conversation at hand. Turn off the television; allow |
| when the lines of communication broke. | | | | calls to go to the voicemail, or go in a room where |
| Children are by nature easily distracted and not | | | | there are no distractions. |
| always responsive to their environment. It is the | | | | |