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CHRISTIAN PARENTING: Listening Assessment
Circle the number that best applies to you. (1-poor, 2-fair, 3-good, 4-very good, 5-excellent)
LISTENING ASSESSMENT
poor excellent| 1) Convey open attentive body language. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 2) Ability to stay focused on the person talking. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 3) Ability to avoid your mind wandering when others talk. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
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4) Ability to be patient while speaker finishes his/her thought.
| 1 2 3 4 5 |
5) Ability to stop yourself from interrupting others | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 6) Use of reflective statements to convey understanding. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 7) Ability to clarify meaning when needed. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 8) Ability to use tone of voice to convey interest. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 9) Ability to avoid distractions during conversation. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 10) Ability to be nonjudgmental about person's statements. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 11) Wide repertoire of empathic responses. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 12) Awareness that your past experiences effect your listening. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 13) Ability to avoid giving advice. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 14) Ability to avoid excessive questioning. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 15) Listen more than you talk. | 1 2 3 4 5 |
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ARTICLES OF INTEREST...
Active Lstening
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Limit Setting
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Using "I" Statements
Effective communication includes using statements that identify your thoughts, feelings and hopes rather than making statements that imply judgment ("You" statements). Read More...
BASICS OF LISTENING
- Listen more than you talk.
- Listen from the heart.
- Keep an open, non-judgmental mind.
- Make eye contact with the other person periodically.
- Keep open body language (arms not crossed, facing the person, nodding).
- It is ok to have pauses. You don't have to fill them in.
- Make eye contact with the other person.
- Use empathic responses to let the other person know you heard.
- Clarify if you are not sure you understand.
- Check with the other person to see if understand correctly.
- Be patient. Everyone has a different style. Some are more easily compatible than others.
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24 He who spares his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
John 8:31-32
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SUBMIT YOUR TESTIMONY
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1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2"Honor your father and mother"-which is the first commandment with a promise,"that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth." 4Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord..
Ephesian 6:1-4
18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope;
do not be a willing party to his death. Proverbs 19:18
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Listening
Lost Art of Listening 