Communication Skills

Everyone's personal relationships can be effected by good communication skills. This can be effective in dealing with parents, friends, siblings, and spouses..

Using good communications skills with your parents can be tricky, because it is your parents. Most people have a good relationship with their parents, but sometimes the parent has a hard time letting go of their kids. They might be smothering, or critical in the decisions their child makes. What you can do is talk to them about it.

Let them know that their concerns are appreciated, but you need to make decisions on you own as an adult. If a parent is being smothering, and coming over to your house without warning or invitation. Tell them why it is important that they call first. Maybe the kids are asleep, or just needing some quiet time with your own family must come first.

Most people who have a good friends can be as close as family. Here is another way to use effective communication skills. Maybe you are needing some space from friends that are overbearing of your time? This can be a hard one to talk about. Let them know you have been asked by other friends to go out, and you feel like you have neglected their invitation.

A good way to use communication skills with siblings is to keep the phone lines open. Some people live in different states then their siblings, so staying in touch can be hard. Make that effort. Try and call maybe once a week to find out what is going on in their life. One sibling might live in the same town as your parents, therefore is dealing with them more. Make sure and ask if your sibling needs help, or if there is something you can do to give them some time off.

Keeping the communication skills open with a loved one like a spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend is so important in a relationship. You can not have a strong one without communicating. Share with your loved one your goals, dreams, hopes and fears. Keeping your expectations inside will not bring you closer. Set goals as a couple, and achieve them together. What a great sense of accomplishment you will have. Be realistic about expectations with your kids. If a child comes to you in confidence, you must share it with the other. It is important to work as a team.