Effective Family Communication: How to Keep Everyone on the Same Page
Out of 5, how many stars would you rate the effectiveness of your family communication? Improve effective family communication in a busy household by using a shared calendar, making time to finish important conversations, and having regular marriage check-ins. Poor communication weakens the family and leads to conflict. Which one of these areas would help improve your effective family communication star rating? Use a shared family calendar How to keep everyone on one page is LITERALLY keeping everyone on the same calendar page. Way back in the days of a paper calendar hung in the kitchen, my husband would tell people he had to check the calendar before committing to an event. When our kids were in middle school, we gave them access to my digital Google calendar so they could check the calendar before even asking us permission to attend an outing. My aging mom has access to my calendar so she can schedule doctor appointments when I am available to drive. When my adult kids call me now it usually starts with “I checked your calendar and saw you didn’t have a client right now.” Knowing what’s on the family calendar can be the first step to effective…
6 Marriage Check Up Questions
What makes a marriage thrive? One of the best things you can do to help your marriage thrive is to have good communication. A marriage check up can be a good catalyst for communication. Medical or business check ups are preventative and diagnostic tools to check the health of a person or company. Marriage check ups work the same way. Here are 6 tips and 6 questions to help you communicate how things are going in your relationship. After reading this, consider setting aside time to discuss your relationship with your spouse. You can modify these questions to work for relationships with roommates and others, too. Questions 4 and 5 are great questions for any relationship. 6 Tips for a Marriage Check Up: Set up a regular time (start weekly) and time limit (30-60 min to start) Start with the good stuff (question 1) Take turns answering questions and listening If time is short or answers are long: start with question 1, choose any middle question, and end with question 6 Choose an action item to work on (usually something that has come up during your talk) that will strengthen or improve your marriage and communication Finish well…