Guidelines for effective communication in families:
Maintain Equity in Family Relationships- The most important thing in sustaining healthy families is to make fairness a high priority. You have to invest equally into a relationship.
Make Daily Choices that enhance Intimacy-Families are creative projects that reflect the choices made by the people around them. Small and big choices both matter in a relationship. You choose who you want to be with your actions and how you will bring awareness to the choices you make in your relationship.
Show Respect and Consideration- Families need to value and respect each other to be able to sustain a healthy family. It's easy to take your partner for granted, but it is important to show respect when facing problems and discussing complaints.
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff- Try to overlook minor irritations and frustrations. This will make any relationship last, whether friendship or romantic. Even though you can't control the small stuff, you sure can take responsibility for your perceptions and your response to them.
this is a really important part of this chapter and can really help with relationships. not sweating the little things greatly helps the people grow together because instead of holding grudges about differences, they can grow and embrace the differences. Showing respect is always a good thing because relationships wont be that succesful if no respect is shown. Maintaining the importance of the family relationship, if people do not want the family relationship to work, it will ultimately fail.
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