Article Collection

Family Communication: What’s Your Style?

Without some form of interpersonal exchange relationships are not possible, but family communication is rife with potential pitfalls. In two complementary interviews, Vision asks the experts about some common origins of miscommunication and presents a positive approach to communicating effectively within family relationships.

Winter 2009

If We Could Talk Like the Animals . . .

Gina Stepp

Miscommunication seems to be a much bigger problem for humans than for “lower” animal species. How can we improve our communication skills and thereby our relationships?

Winter 2009

Parent Talk

Gina Stepp

Ruth Nemzoff is a resident scholar at Brandeis University. Vision interviewed her about her recent book covering parent and adult-child communication.

Winter 2009

Communicating With Style

Gina Stepp

Gina Stepp interviews communication expert Deborah Tannen about some common misperceptions that can get in the way of effective family communication.

Silence Is Not Golden

Gina Stepp

Despite the common wisdom that one should say something nice or nothing at all, silence may not be the best strategy for good family relationships.