COMMUNICATION IS
INFLUENTIAL
EDUC 6165
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| My mom and I <3 |
I asked my mom a simple question, “why do we
communicate?” –like her and I do. My mom told me because it’s a joy to say “I
love you”, express emotion by words, to dance, sing, slap hands, thumbs up… My
mom told me we communicate so that we have one another. Wow.
With that said, my mom is someone I truly know who
is a competent communicator, she knows competence. Growing up, my mom has
taught me to love, read, dance, braid, (somewhat) cook, fold towels- you name
it, my mom taught me everything through communication. This ideal form of
communication is known as relational context. According to early childhood
professionals, relational context exhibits relationship (like my mom and I) of
past history, expectations, shared experiences, and maybe a tad influence of
genetics (LOL).
Communicating with my mom, her behaviors promote
optimism, freedom, charismatic charm, and openness to support and opinion. Her
behaviors to communicate impact effectiveness of desire and motivation as I see
in myself toward personal and professional goals I aspire every day. Because of
relational context I have opportunity to grow and learn from one of the most influential
people I know.
As I have learned from my mom, I only hope that my
optimism and supportive behaviors, in fact, model her so that I can be just as
inspiring. I owe it to my mom to treat others as I am treated. Through
communication’s relational context I see and believe I can achieve success in
the field of Early Childhood Education where communication (to me) reflects my
mom’s competence and skills.
Works cited
O'Hair, D.,
Wiemann, M., Mullin, D. I., & Teven, J. (2015). Real communication
(3rd. Ed). New York: Bedford/St. Martin's.
Cassandra.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful relationship that you have with your mom. Love her statement ‘we communicate so that we can have one another” (Richards, 2018). Such a simple but loaded statement. We have shared a few classes and I've always been impressed with your discussion post and your blog post. I can see that your mom has taught you well and you have truly emulated her optimism and supportive behaviors. Keep listening to and keep communicating the way she talked to you and you will be phenomenal.
Great blog.
Angela.
Reference:
Richards, C (2018). Communication is Influential. Blog Post Week 1
Thank you Angela for the feedback! It is the people we are endeared by that allow us to communicate effectively.
DeleteThank you for sharing the amazing relationship you have with your mother . It great to have someone that you communicate in special way.
ReplyDeleteThank you Meaghan. We all have that someone that gets our jokes and can read right through us. In this case, my mom knows me best!
DeleteDear Cassandra,
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing about your amazing mother. It is such a reminder for me as an EC practitioner that to communicate with children is sharing emotions and feeling as well. It is important to make children comfortable to share their feeling and express it to us as their "parents" in the classroom.
Great Post!
Hey! I never thought that we can “parent” to children but I guess that’s what we do aside from teach and assess. Hummm, maybe because of my mom I chose this career path!
DeleteThank you Diah!
This is a awesome and very influential experience. The words you use to express your mother and how you were taught to communicate is influential as well as inspiring.
ReplyDeleteThank you. My blog is my journal and I put my emotions on screen. This week, this is what I got. I can’t help but share my inspirations. :)
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