Any feeling  is honest, however there are appropriate and inappropriate times to reveal these feelings. The holidays are upon us. A Thanksgiving dinner with the entire family is an inappropriate time to  bring up the past.. Those hurt feelings may…
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Truth be told, you can’t make a liar tell the truth anymore than you can make an oak tree a pine tree.  You can confront the liar with proof of the lie; you can give them a chance to retract…
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Positive communication with other parents on parenting websites Parenting websites can be an extremely valuable resource when used correctly. Parents often seek the advice, support, and encouragement of other parents when interacting on the web. For this reason, it is…
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For whatever reason you have to turn down the invitation. Yet you do not want to insult the person who invited you. Use the following strategies for turning down an invitation politely. Thank the person First you want them to…
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The internet is a wonderful thing that has given us the world in a screen. Information is only a few clicks away. We can “meet” people, build friendships, share pictures and so much more. Social networking sites such as Facebook…
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From time to time friends, acquaintances, bosses, or family invite us to participate in various events.  Often we are more than happy, interested, or even eager to attend. Yet on other occasions we would rather not. The reasons are probably…
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Men and their feelings. Why do they have such a difficult time expressing them? There are a few factors that we must consider when answering this. First, men have been raised to hide their hurt and pain. From the time…
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DOES SHE REALLY HATE ME? Well it isn’t hard to tell when someone hates you. The hard part may be figuring out if they truly hate you, or just dislike you immensely. Hate is an awful thing. However we have…
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The question of how to communicate with someone who shouts at you is a rather wide issue and is entirely dependent on the situation. Firstly, you should establish why there is great need to talk with such a person at…
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What are some of the signs that someone hates you? I think we all have had people who don’t like us for one reason or another and it can be a very humbling experience to have someone dislike us. We…
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Conflict is an inevitable part of any close relationship. You cannot agree all of the time, even when you are soul mates. Occasionally, disagreements might escalate into heated arguments resulting in hurt feelings or resentment by one or both of…
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If conversation is becoming a lost art, then we may as well give up hope because things only get changed through it. Yet it is far from dead. In its explanation of art the Oxford English Dictionary for Students describes…
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You can tell a lot about a person, not by what he says, but how he says it. Do you think this is true? Half may agree and half may not. Since no two people are alike, opinions will vary….
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It is easy to become intimidated, and even fearful, when someone shouts at you. Some people with poor communication skills resort to shouting when they are angry, frustrated or feel threatened. Then there are those overbearing individuals who have the…
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Conversation once was a tool we employed to express ourselves and connect with another person. The art of conversation should be reciprocal. Both parties should be able to extract something from the conversation. Conversing with some people often times is…
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You’re in town visiting your dear friend and her husband, you’ve been there for a couple of days, and you’ve shared plenty of laughs and talked about old times with your friends. However, after the third day, everything is getting…
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In spite of the importance of being able to communicate freely and openly with your spouse, many of us don’t.  Sometimes it is because we are embarrassed to admit certain things to them.  Other times it is because they actually…
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Our world is a mosaic of cultures not necessarily one better than another, just different. Nowhere is this more evident than in the American melting pot that embraces (or not,) a multitude of ethnic backgrounds. Bringing with them different values,…
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Jealousy. An emotion that we all feel from time to time, from childhood into adulthood. As children, we can be jealous of a friend’s new toy or new clothes. In adulthood, it can strike if a co-worker receives a promotion…
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Teenage is the period in life when one has all the energy, the zeal and determination to try everything fun and explore life itself to the fullest. Parents need to be very close to their children at this period without…
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Cyber bullying is one of the many forms of online crime. As its name suggest, a cyber bully has one main aim – to affect another human being in a negative way. Cyber bullying causes embarrassment, fear and insult. Its…
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Communication operates under different rules in the virtual world. The virtual world offers opportunities to communicate that do not exist in the real world. One requirement is to present ideas with clear language, good spelling, and decent grammar. Another is…
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Dealing with preteen girls is a very complicated and tricky journey that every parent of a girl must make in their child’s lifetime. In our world today, being a preteen is almost like what being a teenager was a generation…
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Of course text messaging isn’t ruining real communication its just another medium through which people can communicate. Like instant messaging or letters before that communication through words has been around for a really long time and I myself prefer it…
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