If parents don't listen to kids, the messages kids receive can hurt their relationship. This SlideShare offers a checklist of parenting errors to avoid with the messages they send to children.

1. NOT LISTENING,
10 PARENTING MISTAKES
with
10 Messages to Kids

2. 1. BEING TOO BUSY TOO OFTEN
Message
to Child:
My activities
are more
important than
listening to you.

3. 2. CHECKING EACH CELL
PHONE CHIRP
Message
to Child:
I’d rather find
out who’s
texting me than
listen to you.

4. 3. BEING SARCASTIC
Message
to Child:
Your concerns
are silly.

5. 4. LOOKING AROUND AT
EVERY DISTRACTION
Message
to Child:
You’re not
interesting
enough.

6. 5. MAKING RUSHING AROUND A HABIT
Message
to Child:
I don’t have
time for you.

7. 6. INTERRUPTING YOUR CHILD
Message
to Child:
My ideas are
better than
waiting for
yours.

8. 7. JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS
Message
to Child:
I already know
what you’re
thinking.

9. 8. FIDGETING
Message
to Child:
Hurry up! I’ve
got other
things to do.

10. 9. THINKING ABOUT HOW TO
REPLY INSTEAD OF LISTENING
Message
to Child:
My responses
are more
important than
waiting for
your ideas.

11. 10. BEING IMPATIENT
Message
to Child:
You’re wasting
my time.

12. WHEN PARENTS DON’T
LISTEN TO KIDS,
Kids stop listening to parents.
Everyone loses.

13. NO PARENT WANTS THIS TO
HAPPEN.
What can be done?
See next slide.

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