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i think it's definitely important to write about what you know when you're giving advice to others and disseminating it to the public. however, i feel that with like with most things, the more you write about what you don't know, the more you learn. if there's something you're wary about writing (such as a certain style of writing that you're not comfortable with), it's important to just get out there and write it.
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parents know as little about what they're doing as the children they're trying to successfully parent. sometimes they do things wrong and treat their children unfairly. i get it. but there are a couple of things they could be doing that'd make getting along with their children go a little more smoothly.
one: don't decide their future for them. two: if you don't ever give them the chance to be trusted, they will never be trustworthy. three: support them, acknowledge them, understand the amount of pressure they are under and that school is just as hard/harder than it was in your day, expectations are much higher, and jobs are much scarcer. it's scary. let them know that you understand this.
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i would love to write for a newspaper or magazine. however, i'm not sure that i would want to do something like an advice column. although an advice columnist is a worthy career, i feel like i'd rather write about things that are more real, influential, and important. i dream about writing about important current events and international news. i want to be the reliable source that people go to to get informed on worldly issues. if i were to write for a newspaper it'd have to be a fairly popular one, because i want my work to be seen on a large scale and make an actual difference.
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i don't think well-traveled people are necessarily more interesting than people who haven't traveled quite as much, they just have more stories and firsthand knowledge about other cultures than people who haven't been anywhere. what makes you an interesting person isn't where you've been, it's what you do with the thoughts and opinions you have on the things that you have experienced. people who've never even left their hometown could very well be just as interesting or even more so than those who are well traveled. it's not what you have, it's what you do with what you have that counts. in this case what you have is travel experience.
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i think asking questions makes you a very good conversationalist, as long as you listen to the answers the person is providing and actually act like you're interested in what they're saying. people love to talk about themselves, so they'll feel very comfortable and open with you if you ask questions and actually act like you care about what they have to say.
Communicating your thoughts verbally in a manner that is not demeaning or offensive is just as important, if not more than writing them down. No one can understand fully what the other person is going through if the person you are trying to understand is not fully able to convey their thoughts honestly and calmly without all the drama. No one wants to be yelled at when inquiring as to their well being. A large part of being a parent is take interest in their children's lives, and the best way to do that is too stay engaged, ask questions and hopefully have a conversation. When a parent is in the dark about what their children are doing, then the imagination goes wild about what they MIGHT be doing whether or not its true. The child may think then that they are not trusted, however; the truth is that the parent needs to be kept informed. As adults we have to make sure that our families and co-workers are also kept informed of any daily activities that may affect them.
ReplyDeleteConversations can be very effective tools, even if what you say is not the most interesting.