7. Develop my listening skills

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My name is Brainy and I'm here to guide you through this activity. First,you´ll take a quick quiz to see what you already know about the topic we're addressing.

Next, you'll watch a video, made by experts, that will help you delve deeper into the key concepts.

Finally, a second quiz will allow you to check everything you have learned, accompanied by a series of tips to help you put these educational tools to use.

Developing your listening skills

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Empathy vs. sympathy

Active listening

Main obstacles to active listening

Rebalance a conversation

Rephrasing in empathetic listening

Silent listening

Tips and Recommendations

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Create a safe space

Validate their emotions

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Adopt a listening posture

Practice regularly

Here are 5 tips to get you started with practicing empathetic listening with your child

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Look for solutions together

Online Resources

Positive Discipline - Active Listening

Mindful - The Art of Empathetic Listening

Understood - “Active Listening Strategies for Parents”

Edutopia - “Empathy: A Skill for Life ”

Center for Parent and Teen Communication

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Center for Parent and Teen Communication

This website provides resources and strategies for parents to improve communication and strengthen relationships with their teenage children. It includes information on active listening and empathy.

Main obstacles to active listening

Lack of patience and distraction.

Mindful - The Art of Empathetic Listening

This article discusses the importance of empathy in education and how to cultivate it in children. It includes tips for parents on modeling and teaching empathy.

Understood - “Active Listening Strategies for Parents”

This article presents the principles of active listening and how to apply them with children to improve communication and strengthen family bonds.

Positive Discipline - Active Listening

This article explains the importance of developing listening skills in children and how it fosters empathy. It provides practical advice for parents and educators.

Practice regularly

Empathic listening is a skill that improves with practice. Take advantage of everyday moments (meals, games, trips...) to have deep conversations and practice active listening. With patience and kindness, you will create a relationship of trust and mutual respect with your child.

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Rebalance a conversation

Ask open questions; This gives the floor to the other person and encourages them to express themselves.

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Validate their emotions

Welcome your child's emotions with kindness, without judgment. Rephrase what they feel to show them that you understand what they are experiencing. For example: "I see that you are feeling very angry."

Adopt a listening posture

Get down to your child's level to establish eye contact. Avoid interrupting and let them express themselves freely. Your non-verbal attitude (eye contact, nodding, etc.) shows your engagement.

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Empathy vs. sympathy

The terms empathy and sympathy refer to two different ways of relating to others' emotions. Sympathy involves feeling the emotions of the other (compassion), empathy involves feeling with the other, understanding what they are experiencing internally.

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Create a safe space

Choose a quiet and distraction-free place to have meaningful conversations with your child. Show them through your posture and attitude that you are fully present and available to listen to them.

Edutopia - “Empathy: A Skill for Life ”

This website provides resources and strategies for parents to improve communication and strengthen relationships with their teenage children. It includes information on active listening and empathy.

Silent listening

Silent listening is a type of listening where you are completely present and attentive to the other person, without interrupting, without speaking, without judging or even necessarily reacting verbally.

Look for solutions together

In case of conflict or difficulty, do not focus solely on the problem. Listen to your child's perspective, validate their emotions, and then look for acceptable solutions together for everyone.

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Rephrasing in empathetic listening

Reformulation is a pillar of empathetic listening. It involves rephrasing what the other has expressed in your own words, to show that you have understood their thoughts and especially their emotions.

Active listening

Active listening is a way of listening attentively, with empathy and without judgment. It means making yourself fully available to receive what the other says, thinks or feels, with respect.