To increase family communication, it is necessary to strengthen the basic bonds of the family first. Parents are what keep the family together, make it a family, and make it strong. Strong communication between parents will prevent family bonds from being shaken by taking healthy steps towards solving problems. This way, when problems are encountered, communication problems will not be experienced, and it will be easier to overcome this process by acting calmly against problems.
There are some steps that need to be taken to strengthen the bonds between spouses and keep the relationship fresh. By applying these steps, it is possible to strengthen family bonds, increase communication, and lay the foundations of a family that is more connected to each other in the long term.
Strengthening Family Communication
- Plan your time to spend more quality time.
Living in the same house does not require spending time at home all the time or spending idle time at home. Don't wait to go to special places or make special plans to have a good time together. You can play nice games at home, watch quality movies and have movie conversations, gather around the same table and eat family meals. You can go out for picnics, participate in sports activities. Breaking technological bonds during times spent together at home is among the ways that will increase communication the most.
- Determine your communication method well.
Talking to each other does not always mean healthy communication. When talking to each other in the family, determine your speaking style by showing empathy, looking into each other's eyes while talking, and making them feel that you love and respect them. No matter what topic you talk about, if you use a moderate and warm language, you can solve even the biggest problems without hurting each other and without driving problems into a deadlock.
- Respect differences and special interests.
Increasing family communication comes from treating the person you are communicating with as an individual. In most families, spouses try to impose their own ideas when talking to each other or to their children. Wanting the person opposite you to accept the topics you like and your own social ideas is always a problem that will prevent healthy communication. In this regard, spouses should use a style that thinks about the other person, both towards each other and towards their children.
- Support each other, share responsibilities.
Loading the responsibilities that need to be fulfilled in and outside the home on one person, expecting one person to do a job all the time, becomes annoying for the person who runs the business and takes on the responsibilities over time. Since this will cause the person who takes on the responsibilities to rebel, complain, and use wrong language against the other person over time, sharing responsibilities and changing task distributions from time to time will create a new atmosphere.