Thursday, January 24, 2013

Communication with Others



I do feel that I communicate differently with different groups of people. When I am at home with my family or friends my communication is more relaxed and I don’t worry about how I sound. When I am with the families I work with, children and colleagues I am more aware of how I sound and try to take their feelings into consideration. At home we just cut up and carry on not worrying about what the other thinks because that is who we are. I have even had friends ask us how my husband and I have been together for so long, since we were 15 years old, if we don’t get along; I just have to laugh and say we do get along this is just how we do it.

Professional I try to listen better and give good vibes from my body language. As an early childhood educator it is important for me to put aside any biases while communicating with others, to have an open mind and to be considerate of their beliefs and feelings.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Catherine
    I think that we can all make improvements in our workplace atmospheres by having positive nonverbal body language and as you put it... giving off good vibes. Our nonverbal language goes a long way in reinforcing, complimenting or accenting what we are saying verbally (O'Hair & Wiemann, 2012).
    Carolyn

    O' Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2012). Real communication. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's.

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  2. Hello Catherine,
    Love says many things and it speaks in a lot of different ways, I think with spouses they read body language better than anyone, they just get you. When we don’t know people very well we have to get to know their beliefs, and able to read their body language, and be aware of their feelings. We learn to have empathy, to adapt, and communicate in different way and in whatever way we need to help a child out. We develop knowledge of people and we work with them and we adapt to what they need, if it is important to us. Thank you for sharing, that was funny!

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