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Communication

8. Improving communication with your own child

This sub-module is aiming at helping you to recognize the traits associated with different communication styles, to empower you to help your child to recognise, identify these traits, too. It will help you to identify and consciously use specific words on feelings, attitudes and behaviours associated with communication style and raise your awareness of the emotional effects that a particular communication style might have on other people. It can help you to support your child to show assertive communication style. It will help you recognise the communication style you usually show when talking about specific topics and identify some indicators of your verbal communication and body language associated with that communication style, as well as some of your feelings. It is also aiming at motivating you to introduce some positive changes in your communication style