Family communication
Family communication is a way of conveying information verbally or non-verbally between family members. Listening to what other people are saying is the essential section of communication that is, feeling and thinking and not just word exchange. Communication is a vital building block of strong marital, parent-child, and sibling relationships.
Communication between family members is of great importance as it enables members to show their concerns for one another. Through communication, family members can ask for their needs and wants. Honest and open communication allows members in a family to demonstrate their differences as well as their admiration and love for one another. Family members resolve family disputes through communication. Engaging in effective positive communication while addressing and dealing with negative situations helps maintain a happy family relationship. Negative communication patterns while solving family problems, for example, criticism or contempt, leads to an unhappy relationship. Effective communication is a characteristic of a healthy family relationship, and so is poor communication for an unhealthy family relationship. Poor communication is a common problem within families having relationship hitches. Unhealthy communication is usually indirect and vague. Poor communication leads to intense family conflicts, failed problem-solving, nonexistence intimacy, weak emotional bonding, among other numerous family glitches.
There is a strong connection between communication behaviors and family relationships. It is vital to consider the ages and maturity levels of the young ones when parents are conversing with them and avoid unjustified assumptions. The more positively couples communicate, the more satisfied they were with their marriage five and a half years in the future. Marital separation and the risk of divorce is highly associated with poor communication. To avoid unhealthy relationships within the family, the establishment of a clear communication channel is significant.