You'll find that your positive statements, behavior, and emotional expressions that you make toward your family members will cause them to behave more positively toward you as well. It is important for couples, parents and children, and all the members of a family to have the opportunity to discuss issues and maintain an open line of communication with one another. However, it is difficult to have those discussions with today's hectic lifestyle. That time does not need to be specifically devoted to deep conversation or a discussion about a negative event. For example, family members can spend the time playing a board game that will inevitably facilitate discussion.
Children can propose changes to family rules.
Stories can be told about how parents handled a problem when they were children that one of the young members of the family is now experiencing. However, family meetings should also be used as a time to discuss a child's problems at school or a parent's view of a child's behavior. Couples should also have separate time to spend together. These are just a few suggestions about how to improve family relationships. Once again, they focus on positive behavior and the expression of feelings.