Communication

I remember when Myles was 9 months old and we started to work on sign. He knew how to communicate his basic needs by signing them. More. Please. Thank you. Eat. Drink. He learned more signs as time went along. Car. Bubbles. Swing. Ball. I taught him these signs and worked really hard on them because I knew communication was the key.

Now at 12 almost 13 months old Bryce knows the same signs. He wines to get out attention. Lol. And then he points at what he wants and signs "More" "Please". We have not got drink and eat down yet but we are working on it. Myles helps us teach him these signs as well.

So I ask myself, if my 3 year old knows how to communicate well, and my 13 month old may not be able to say what he wants but he can use sign language, then why is it that grown older people do not know how to communicate. Why do people chose not to communicate. I have been having a really hard time dealing with adults my age and older not knowing, or choosing not to communicate. I have always thought that communication is the key to everything. Telling someone what you are thinking, doing, and feeling is the key to a good relationship. Relationship between mother and daughter, mother and son, in-laws, friends, co-workers, bosses etc. I have been dealing with numerous people that do not know how to communicate. This lack of communication has made things harder on my family, especially when it is family that is choosing not to communicate.

I am trying to raise children who can communicate their wants, needs, and desires so that they can be adults who can communicate. And communicate well.