Importance of Family Communication in Child and Family Services

This article discusses the importance of communication in child and family services. It explores the different types of communication, such as verbal and nonverbal, and how they can be used to understand each other's needs and develop a strong and healthy family. The article also provides tips on how to develop effective interpersonal communication within the family.

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Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................5
REFRENCES..............................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Communication or interpersonal communication is necessary to transfer any information,
message or task from one person to another in effective way. By proper communication skills a
person able to make others understand what they want to convey. It can be two type verbal as
well as non verbal communications (Purnell, 2012). Verbal interpersonal communication related
to a situation when a person interacts with another person through words and it can be written or
oral form which helps another individual to understand it. Whereas nonverbal communication
refers to type of communication style which is omnipresent and in it interaction id done through
body, face, touch, distance, timing, voice and so on. Both the ways are used by an individual in
order to engage another person and make them understand about message as well as information.
Moreover communication or interpersonal communication is essential in family and child service
because it is very important in family to understand each other and support them. Along with this
if there is effective communication between child and family then it will leads to a situation
where child able to share each and every things to their family in proper manner. This report will
include topics related to importance of communication among family and how they can develop
it. Along with this it will include various ways or method which can be used by individuals in
order to develop proper interpersonal communication within family.
MAIN BODY
Communication refers to a procedure in which one person interacts to another in order to
transfer any message and information. Through effective interpersonal communication an
individual able to develop strategies and manage things in appropriate way. Moreover by it they
also able to learn new things, share ideas, understand other and so on. A proper communication
is necessary for every field so that an individual will interact with others properly in order to
conduct their work or activities effectively. There are major two type of interpersonal
communication which helps a person to understand other i.e. verbal as well as non verbal
interpersonal communication (Davis , 2014). Communication is very necessary in child and
family services because by it they able to identify others need requirement and demand. As well
as effective communication show strong and healthy family who understand each other and their
requirement. Along with this family communication is also essential in various ways such as it is
a site where a child start to socialize, it also develop culture values, it will also help in seeing self
and other world in more generally form and many more. Moreover, effective interpersonal
Communication among family is extremely essential because by it members able to enables and
express their needs, wants, and concerns towards each other properly.
Open and honest communication also develops or helps in creating an atmosphere which
allows family members to express its difference, love and admiration towards other members of
family. If there is strong and healthy communication among family then child also learn many
things in effective way as well as they also able to develop their career properly (Fackler and

et.al., 2012). Whereas if there is unhealthy and poor communication then child as well as family
may face various problems such as conflict, disrespect situation, improper problems solving and
so on. This will directly and indirectly affect upbringing of child because by it child loss its
motivation and moral which impact on their performance. Such as if there is no effective
communication or interpersonal communication in family then they will not able to communicate
with child in proper way and them also not able to teach them properly. Like in today’s time it is
case of harassment get increased and it is necessary for parents to teach as well as communicate
their Childs about this so that they can protect themselves from these cases. By considering this
case steps which can be taken by family member so that they can communicate with their child
in appropriately are like they can interact with children and about their day and problems. Along
with this parents can also discussed some case with their child and aware them how to protect
themselves from such condition.
There are major four styles which can be used by parents when they are communicating
or interacting with their child i.e. clear and direct, clear and indirect, masked and direct as well as
masked and indirect (Arnold and Boggs, 2019). Clear and direct communication is consider as
most effective and healthy way for interaction, in which message or issues is present in front of
family members plainly and directly. Second is clear and indirect in which massage or
information will be clearing but it will be present in indirect way in front of another person.
Third is masked and direct in which message or information is not clear but it is directly focused
on any appropriate family member. Forth and last is marked and indirect and it is refers to a
situation when a message as well as information both are unclear. This situation will arise mainly
in unhealthy families which are having poor communication or interaction. These are the major
ways through which family members will contact with their child or other members and this
selection of method will totally depend on situation through which family is going (Importance
of Family Communication, 2019). Along with this, through these method of communication
family able to develop proper situation which leads to satisfying as well as happy surrounding at
home. Effective communication among family and child built foundation of trust, listening and
understanding which develop effective and happy surrounding. It is also effective or leads to
some other major benefits such as develop understanding by which child and parents able to
discuss their situation and issues appropriately. This will help them in solving their problems and
issues successfully that help in developing happy family. If there is effective interaction among
members of family then it will leads to minimizing gossips because through effective
communication peoples like to spend time with their family and talking about them. Along with
this communication will also help family members in developing strong bound which leads to
situation where every member come together in all condition.
There are some steps or points must be consider for developing effective communication
among family as well as child so that they can handle situation successfully. Some major of them
are like self awareness- it is essential for parents to teach their child about self awareness so that
they can overcome any situation properly (Schell and Arnold, 2012). Such as in case of
harassment which is increasing now a day, parents must teach their child about how they can

fight in respective condition so that they can save themselves. Second is body language, it is
necessary for family members to monitor activities of their child so that they can understand
their body language which help in identifying whether child is happy or sad in particular
situation. Next is technology and written communication it is necessary in respective situation to
communicate in proper manner through written or technology which help in conducting
interaction in proper formal way. Moreover by adopting these factor parents and child able to
communication or interaction with each other properly. There are also some major ways which
are used for developing effective interaction or communication at a family such as
communication on regular basis- it necessary for parents to interact their child on regular basis so
that they can understand each other situation, need and issues (Wittenberg, Goldsmith and
Ferrell, 2013). Along with this it is necessary for parents to be a good listener in communication
with child because by it they cable to understand issues and problems through which child is
going, after whom they can develop plan in order to overcome it in effective way. Moreover it is
also necessary for parents or family to take care about with whom they are interacting because in
order to interact with child parents need to be polite and highly understanding so that they can
convince them to discuss their issues and problems.
By analyzing all the situation and factors it can be evaluate that communication is very
essential in every service or sector because by it one person able to make other understand what
they want to say and in what way. Along with this communication is very essential in respect of
family and child service because it is essential for parents to understand their child so that they
can identify child need, demand and requirement (Ussher and et.al., 2013). By communication
parents or family members also able to solve all issue as well as problems of child so that they
can lead their life happily. In respective sector through proper interaction parents able to
understand their child skills, ability and knowledge so that they can identify activities in which
they are interested. For this effective interaction parent adopt various ways and methods so that
they can interact with other properly. Moreover interaction in family and child services is very
necessary so that they can understand each other and identify issues or problems (Moss, 2017).
Then develop plans in order to avoid or reduce it. Along with this by proper interaction in family
and child service parents able to make their child understand what is right and what is wrong. So
that child takes their decision by their own. Such as it is essential for parents to make their child
understand that what harassment is and how they can identify whether someone is doing
respective things to them or they are facing some other issues. By this steps child also get aware
and conscious about their protection.
CONCLUSION
From above discussed point it can be conclude and evaluate that communication is
necessary for every one because through it a person can transfer its information as well as
message to another person in effective way. Through effective communication an individual able
to conduct various activities such as plan in proper manner, organize, identify resources and
requirement and many more. More over in case of family as well as child services through

proper interpersonal communication an individual able to identify need, demand, requirement
and concern of others. Appropriate communication in a family also seems as strong as well as
health family. It is essential for family to develop and maintain effective interpersonal
communication so that they can understand each other and identify their requirement properly.
For which they can conduct various activities such as discuss every things to family as well as
child, ask for opinion or suggestions and so on. This is so because if a family not does effective
communication they become poor and unhealthy family. Here poor communication related to
unclear as well as indirect. Along with this it will leads to various problems such as weak
emotional bounding, arise of conflict, inappropriate problem solving and so on. So it is essential
for parents as well as child to communicate with each other in effective manner in order to
understand their issues as well as problems properly.

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