Communication Throughout Life

Communication is essential in creating harmony in the home. We use communication in many ways to talk to others at any age whether it’s a baby crying to get a mothers attention or a wife talking to her sick husband. The definition of communication is the imparting or exchange of information or news. Communicating helps people to express their ideas and feelings and at the same time, it helps us to understand emotions and thoughts of others as well as ourselves.

Even when we are born, we use communication to fulfill the needs. Babies cry to get their mother’s attention that they are hungry, need a diaper changed, or have other needs. People talk to babies and babies can use communication not just through crying. They can smile, giggle, and much more to respond back to the person talking to them. Communication can be shown through many emotions. Parents could be sad, disappointed, or even praise their children depending on what they did. For example, when a child is learning to walk, they get praised and cheered on when they take their first couple of steps.

Then when the toddler years hit, toddlers are able to respond back with words instead of just crying. Parents can communicate to their children to warn them about dangerous things and can prevent them from getting burned, shocked, and more. A parent is constantly communicating to their children to tell them what is okay and what is not okay to do. Not only do children respond back to their family, they are able to respond back to other people as well. They learn to communicate to others outside of the home. They can learn from teachers at school, friends, and just from those around them. They learn to expand the way they communicate from those around them. They learn to absorb new ways to communicate to others and how different it can be depending on who they are talking to.

Once children grow up a bit, they hit their teenager years where communication is lacking. Children close up and don’t want to talk to their parents about anything. They make decisions that make them who they are and change them and we hope that they become the best person they can be. Teenagers can grow further apart from parents and can lead to the habits of lying. These are either the years where they become really close to their family and especially to the parents, or they grow further away from them and communication is lacking. I know that when I was a teenager, I felt like I grew apart from my parents a bit. They didn’t understand certain situations and made it hard to be able to share anything with them so I would keep things to myself and would not be open with them. They questioned every single thing I did and so it made it hard to be able to tell them where I was going, with what friends, and what we were going to be doing. It wasn’t until my senior year in high school that I got close with my parents and now I can share anything with them and have them have an open mind. We can talk about anything now.

Communicating with our children will get better as they grow up and become adults. Communication is used all throughout our lives, but when we get older, there can be a lack of communication as family members become old and sick. My grandpa that had Alzheimer’s was not able to communicate the last couple of years throughout the end of his life. He was still able to laugh and whistle, but he forgot how to do most things. Communication gets better as we grow and learn, but as we get older, it can start to decrease. No matter what age we are, communication is important to how we express our feelings, and how we understand the thoughts of others.