This site offers helpful suggestions to parents on how to effectively communicate with their children about issues and concerns, based on examples and situations gleaned from everyday life with toddlers, youngsters and teenagers, in order to further their democratic competences. Click on the pictures or depictions and work through the materials provided. In so doing, you will evaluate your communicative preferences in various real-life situations.The selection of the real-life situations was made after consultation with various parents. It is our hope that you will be able to apply the gained insights in other everyday situations with your children as well.
- TODDLERS (1 – 3 years)
- Eating Habits
- Throwing a Tantrum
- Ok, little girl! Have your cookies!
- What should I know about communicating with toddlers while they are throwing a tantrum?
- Open Communication
- Training for open communication
- I-Messages
- Practice examples
- No Celina, now get up and be a good girl! Don’t behave like that!
- Be quiet right now or else. Do you see my hand?
- I can see that you are very angry now
- Tidying Up
- CHILDREN (4 – 12 years)
- Bullying
- How is my child doing at school? What does it get up to?
- Why are you bullying my child? He has done nothing to you!
- You seem so depressed John. Are you having trouble with your classmates?
- Something's wrong. Please tell me what's the matter.
- Open Communication
- Training for open communication
- Nonviolent communication
- Foundations of human communication
- I-Messages
- Practice I-Messages
- Homework
- Aggressive Behavior
- Body and Sexuality
- TEENAGERS (13 – 18 years)
