Effective communication and Interpersonal Relationship

Interpersonal Relationships
Interpersonal Relationships are a connection or association between two or more
people. It may be for a short span or life long depending upon the relationship. One
cannot live in isolation and everyone needs someone to “Share and Care”.
Relationships are a lot like plants, the more we care for them the healthier they become.
Interpersonal relationships are essential for our wellbeing. We have personal needs that
can be satisfied only through interacting with others. How fulfilling, productive,
meaningful and satisfying our lives turnout to be, depends on the quality of relationships
we form with other people.
Relationships with parents
As a young child your parents are the leaders of the family. As a teenager or young
adult, we want to be more independent and think and speak for ourselves. This can be
very hard for parents to get used to. Parents can also continue to be protective of you,
and want to influence what you do and how you do it. Ultimately this is because they
want what is best for us, but this can feel overbearing. It may take a while to learn how
to speak up about what we want without upsetting our parents. And if we are upset or
irritable, we might be less tolerant of our parents and their wishes.
Working it out
If we can work out our differences with our parents, we can have a good relationship.
Here are a few tips:
Be respectful when discussing any areas of disagreement.
Be willing to listen to your parent’s view.
Stay calm.
Stick to the issue and don’t get side tracked into other areas.
Use a team approach to working out problems – work at it together, think about what
you want in common, and work out together how you can get there.
Use a problem solving model.
Be non-blaming, don’t accuse.
Relationships with Friends
Relationships with friends and family always go through testing times and there will
always be ups and downs. Sometimes they will let us down and sometimes we’ll let them
down.