ERIC ED267904: Attaining Familyhood through Family Conferencing pdf

ERIC ED267904: Attaining Familyhood through Family Conferencing

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Meeting together as a family group for discussion and/or activities is the best way of establishing and maintaining a system of free-flowing, snag-proof family communication. Once a family starts meeting together, a sense of purpose and direction is needed. Adherence to four concepts becomes important: dialogue democracy, reasoned revealing, pressureless persuasion, and self solving. When dialogue is democratic, when there is self-revealing without ulterior motives, when persuasiveness never includes pressure tactics, and when people are allowed and encouraged to make decisions and to solve problems through their own initiative, many benefits are attained. Putting these concepts into practice during regular family conferencing keeps communication flowing, is an effective means of preventing and solving problems, and promotes the attainment of familyhood. In almost every type of situation, family conferencing is more efficient and more effective than other forms of dialogue, such as conversations sandwiched in at mealtimes, during television viewing, while riding in the car, or when passing through the hallway.

Children raised with the spirit of familyhood tend to become socially adaptable, expressive, emotionally resilient, intellectually curious, creative, self-motivated, and self-responsible. Parents who meet regularly with their youngsters and experience the dynamic flow of ideas and feelings need never worry about being labeled as “uncaring.” (RH

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1986-03
• Year: 1986
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Child Rearing, Communication Skills, Family Communication, Family Life, Family Relationship, Individual Development, Parent Child Relationship, Parenting Skills

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