Tips to learn better family communication skills are important for a family to stay in tune with each other. When a child or teen says they will “be back later,” to a parent that might mean in an hour, but to a teen it might mean eight hours later. Also, when parents ask their children to clean their room, they usually mean now, but for a child who doesn't really like this task, unless you are specific in your request, he may understand that this means whenever he feels like it. Sometimes the consequences of a lack of communication can lead to harmful or hurtful misunderstandings. There is a lot of truth to the saying “say what you mean and mean what you say.” The importance of teaching children communication skills means avoiding confrontations later. When the meaning of what is expected is clear and children and adolescents do not conform to it, they cannot complain when they are held responsible for their actions. The same goes for communication skills between parents. Even though one may think that the other is going to pick up a child from daycare or group practice, and vice versa, this...