Comments for Types of Communication http://typesof-communication.com All The Types Of Communication For All The Types Of Relationships You'll Ever Want Or Need Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:12:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on What types of activities do you do to promote communication with your tweens and teens? by CoolCat http://typesof-communication.com/types-of-communication/what-types-of-activities-do-you-do-to-promote-communication-with-your-tweens-and-teens/comment-page-1#comment-1929 CoolCat Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:12:59 +0000 http://typesof-communication.com/types-of-communication/what-types-of-activities-do-you-do-to-promote-communication-with-your-tweens-and-teens#comment-1929 Family meal time is one of the best times to sit together and talk. I always try to remain neutral during conversation and then think wisely before answering. Bicycling and going to the gym or other activities that we can all enjoy. My son and I have always watched news programs together which is a great way to discuss current world situations, and find out how he feels about them. Open communication is a must, as well as hugging and showing children that they are important.<br><b>References : </b><br> Family meal time is one of the best times to sit together and talk. I always try to remain neutral during conversation and then think wisely before answering. Bicycling and going to the gym or other activities that we can all enjoy. My son and I have always watched news programs together which is a great way to discuss current world situations, and find out how he feels about them. Open communication is a must, as well as hugging and showing children that they are important.
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]]> Comment on What types of activities do you do to promote communication with your tweens and teens? by SLWrites http://typesof-communication.com/types-of-communication/what-types-of-activities-do-you-do-to-promote-communication-with-your-tweens-and-teens/comment-page-1#comment-1928 SLWrites Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:35:59 +0000 http://typesof-communication.com/types-of-communication/what-types-of-activities-do-you-do-to-promote-communication-with-your-tweens-and-teens#comment-1928 The most important one, by far, is being home when the kids get home from school. I call it the Golden Hour. In that time right after school, they'll talk about their day, about what went on with their friends, about how they feel. If you're not home when they arrive and you ask them about their day later on, you'll get a one word answer "Fine". Next on the list... eating dinner together and before bedtime meeting for a few moments as a family to air grievances, mention important things coming up the next day, etc., and holding family prayer.<br><b>References : </b><br>Mother of five, including four teen boys and a tween girl The most important one, by far, is being home when the kids get home from school. I call it the Golden Hour. In that time right after school, they’ll talk about their day, about what went on with their friends, about how they feel. If you’re not home when they arrive and you ask them about their day later on, you’ll get a one word answer "Fine".

Next on the list… eating dinner together and before bedtime meeting for a few moments as a family to air grievances, mention important things coming up the next day, etc., and holding family prayer.
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Mother of five, including four teen boys and a tween girl

]]> Comment on What types of activities do you do to promote communication with your tweens and teens? by Stefka http://typesof-communication.com/types-of-communication/what-types-of-activities-do-you-do-to-promote-communication-with-your-tweens-and-teens/comment-page-1#comment-1927 Stefka Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:48:59 +0000 http://typesof-communication.com/types-of-communication/what-types-of-activities-do-you-do-to-promote-communication-with-your-tweens-and-teens#comment-1927 We played scrabble or yahtzee on sunday afternoons. Sometimes we went bowling. We watched movies together and had dinner together, on the table, without distractions or interruptions. We would read books and discuss them. The list is long and endless. Played catch, basketball, went to the park, the zoo, the mall. Went over homework together. Take an interest in their lives - their friends, their hobbies, likes, dislikes, thoughts, feelings - and never ridicule.<br><b>References : </b><br> We played scrabble or yahtzee on sunday afternoons. Sometimes we went bowling. We watched movies together and had dinner together, on the table, without distractions or interruptions. We would read books and discuss them. The list is long and endless. Played catch, basketball, went to the park, the zoo, the mall. Went over homework together. Take an interest in their lives – their friends, their hobbies, likes, dislikes, thoughts, feelings – and never ridicule.
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]]> Comment on What types of activities do you do to promote communication with your tweens and teens? by petra http://typesof-communication.com/types-of-communication/what-types-of-activities-do-you-do-to-promote-communication-with-your-tweens-and-teens/comment-page-1#comment-1926 petra Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:09:59 +0000 http://typesof-communication.com/types-of-communication/what-types-of-activities-do-you-do-to-promote-communication-with-your-tweens-and-teens#comment-1926 I was a single parent for most of my sons growing years and we always had pretty good communication. We did chores together, went to garage sales, fishing, sports. During any of these activities, since they were routine and peaceful to us, we talked. The trick was to avoid judgement and conflict, empathize and help solve a problem. Which is not to say that there never was conflict. But routine chores done together or some enjoyable activity usually got us talking again.<br><b>References : </b><br> I was a single parent for most of my sons growing years and we always had pretty good communication. We did chores together, went to garage sales, fishing, sports. During any of these activities, since they were routine and peaceful to us, we talked. The trick was to avoid judgement and conflict, empathize and help solve a problem. Which is not to say that there never was conflict. But routine chores done together or some enjoyable activity usually got us talking again.
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]]> Comment on Inclusive Schools Network – Including Samuel Discussion, Part 2 by 05charcr http://typesof-communication.com/uncategorized-types-of-communication-posts/inclusive-schools-network-including-samuel-discussion-part-2-2/comment-page-1#comment-1925 05charcr Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:29:10 +0000 http://typesof-communication.com/5/inclusive-schools-network-including-samuel-discussion-part-2-2#comment-1925 <b>Thank you so much ...</b> <br> Thank you so much for sharing you story and knowledge. I hope that I can adopt this philosophy and start changing the schools and communities I encounter. Keep posting! Thank you so much …
Thank you so much for sharing you story and knowledge. I hope that I can adopt this philosophy and start changing the schools and communities I encounter. Keep posting!

]]> Comment on Visual literacy by msomu2k http://typesof-communication.com/uncategorized-types-of-communication-posts/visual-literacy-2/comment-page-1#comment-1924 msomu2k Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:36:09 +0000 http://typesof-communication.com/5/visual-literacy-2#comment-1924 <b>wish i cld look at ...</b> <br> wish i cld look at the scrn to better understand this presentation wish i cld look at …
wish i cld look at the scrn to better understand this presentation

]]> Comment on The Right of the Deaf Child to Grow Up Bilingual by OregonBLB http://typesof-communication.com/uncategorized-types-of-communication-posts/the-right-of-the-deaf-child-to-grow-up-bilingual-4/comment-page-1#comment-1922 OregonBLB Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:45:10 +0000 http://typesof-communication.com/5/the-right-of-the-deaf-child-to-grow-up-bilingual-4#comment-1922 <b>"BILINGUAL (ASL/ ...</b> <br> "BILINGUAL (ASL/ENGLISH) GUARANTEES A DEAF CHILD'S FUTURE!" A no-risk guarantee? Total communication is ALWAYS better? That is simply not true. You can't make that kind of guarantee, and it is irresponsible to say that you can. I have seen transfers into an oral-only program who did far better, academically and emotionally, than they had in the total communication program available to them. Help with risk essment, fine. Don't imply that there is an option without risk. “BILINGUAL (ASL/ …
“BILINGUAL (ASL/ENGLISH) GUARANTEES A DEAF CHILD’S FUTURE!”

A no-risk guarantee? Total communication is ALWAYS better? That is simply not true. You can’t make that kind of guarantee, and it is irresponsible to say that you can. I have seen transfers into an oral-only program who did far better, academically and emotionally, than they had in the total communication program available to them.

Help with risk essment, fine. Don’t imply that there is an option without risk.

]]> Comment on The Right of the Deaf Child to Grow Up Bilingual by Dennis31190 http://typesof-communication.com/uncategorized-types-of-communication-posts/the-right-of-the-deaf-child-to-grow-up-bilingual-4/comment-page-1#comment-1923 Dennis31190 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:45:10 +0000 http://typesof-communication.com/5/the-right-of-the-deaf-child-to-grow-up-bilingual-4#comment-1923 <b>that's a really ...</b> <br> that's a really interesting clip. i'm deaf and i didn't learn how to sign 'til i was about nine or ten. sooo it's really interesting to hear your perspective on that topic. it depends on the parents, the parents have to be involved with the deaf's child life and it might will help. my mom was quite involved with my life, so it helped alot. =] that’s a really …
that’s a really interesting clip. i’m deaf and i didn’t learn how to sign ’til i was about nine or ten. sooo it’s really interesting to hear your perspective on that topic. it depends on the parents, the parents have to be involved with the deaf’s child life and it might will help. my mom was quite involved with my life, so it helped alot. =]

]]> Comment on The Right of the Deaf Child to Grow Up Bilingual by DeafBilingual http://typesof-communication.com/uncategorized-types-of-communication-posts/the-right-of-the-deaf-child-to-grow-up-bilingual-4/comment-page-1#comment-1921 DeafBilingual Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:45:09 +0000 http://typesof-communication.com/5/the-right-of-the-deaf-child-to-grow-up-bilingual-4#comment-1921 <b>There is a ...</b> <br> There is a misinterpretation here. The speaker never said that TC is better so that is where you getting confused with this idea. Actually, she is not talking about TC. You can see it clearly that nowhere in the video and the transcript that this speaker advocates for TC. Do you really know what TC means? There is a …
There is a misinterpretation here. The speaker never said that TC is better so that is where you getting confused with this idea. Actually, she is not talking about TC. You can see it clearly that nowhere in the video and the transcript that this speaker advocates for TC. Do you really know what TC means?

]]> Comment on The Right of the Deaf Child to Grow Up Bilingual by DeafBilingual http://typesof-communication.com/uncategorized-types-of-communication-posts/the-right-of-the-deaf-child-to-grow-up-bilingual-4/comment-page-1#comment-1919 DeafBilingual Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:45:08 +0000 http://typesof-communication.com/5/the-right-of-the-deaf-child-to-grow-up-bilingual-4#comment-1919 <b>The DBC agrees with ...</b> <br> The DBC agrees with you that parents play a crucial role in enhancing their child's success in school. However, it bothers us that they are not being completely informed about the benefits of bilingual education that they should be helping their Deaf child to develop a strong language base, using ASL, that is, to learn English more effectively. The DBC agrees with …
The DBC agrees with you that parents play a crucial role in enhancing their child’s success in school. However, it bothers us that they are not being completely informed about the benefits of bilingual education that they should be helping their Deaf child to develop a strong language base, using ASL, that is, to learn English more effectively.

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