Many parents and their teenagers do not communicate well. It is as if their lives start growing rapidly apart after the beginning of the teenage years, and this rift in communication can be attributable to either the parents or the…
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You can say no without feeling badly if you think with your head and do not allow your emotions to dictate your responses. Think about the long term effects of your responses on both you and the requester. But more importantly, it is important that you get in…
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If you are a man like I am, it is most likely that your father has probably told you the benefits of having a strong and a firm handshake. Our father’s will usually tell us that building a firm handshake…
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The word respect is bandied about a lot. People use it to mean so many different things, and yet, everyone seems to know exactly what it means anyway. To show people you respect them is to both not show disrespect…
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When it comes to showing someone that you care, it can be very hard. The only reason it is hard though, is because most people get a mental block. We tend to start questioning what would be good enough and…
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Two types of errors or fallacies exist within the arena of argumentation. These types include fallacy of relevancy and ambiguity. The former type of error, relevancy, is related to the relationship between the premise and conclusion of an argument. Though…
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If you want to improve the social skills of shy children, you should first ensure there is a justification to do this. Some people, including kids, are less social than average. Contrary to popular belief, more is not always better….
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Nagging accomplishes only one thing…nothing! When someone repeatedly harps on a subject, people tend to tune them out. Constant nagging usually produces passive rebellion inside your family. Your spouse and children will do the exact opposite of what you would…
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Tone is a very important part of communication.  Often it is hard to control.  Sometimes it is hard to understand.  Many times its interpretation that may be way off kilter. For example, if a brother is yelling “I am not…
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Is interacting with others something you normally do? If so, do you think you are doing well or do you think you are doing poorly? If you are doing a bad job in your social encounters, you definitely should work…
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Arguments occur in all relationships. Contrary to what many people believe, arguments cannot destroy a relationship, as long as they are structured properly. Do you know how to structure an argument? How to structure an argument 1. Define the main…
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When you are having an argument with someone that matters to you there should be some unspoken ground rules,  so that things do not get worse than they already are.  If you lose your temper you lose the argument, you…
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“!337$p34k” Uh I beg your pardon? Don’t fret if you responded that way. Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. You are still living on Earth, though those highly manipulated letters may seem somewhat alien to you. The bottom line…
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