Start by accepting your child’s feelings
Reflective listening is one of the communication skills Laraine Toms suggests parents try in order to avoid battles and improve relationships with their children. Instead of being judgemental, as in “Don’t be such a
baby,” it involves showing that you accept the child’s feelings even if you do not agree with them, so helping the child to work through the dilemma — and not be afraid to seek you out next time a problem arises.
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Press, 21 May 1987, Page 16
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