Results: Family Communication
Published on 08/02/2012
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How often on average are you able to sit down at a table to eat dinner as a family?
Most nights
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A few times a week
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Once a week
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A few times a month
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Special occasions
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N/A
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Where do your children most frequently eat dinner? At the table
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At the island in our kitchen
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In front of the TV
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Standing up in the kitchen
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In their room
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At a friend’s house
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In a restaurant
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Not sure, they eat before I am home
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N/A
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Other (please specify)
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When do/did you find that your children were most forthcoming with information? As soon as they get home
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The drive home from school
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During a meal
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Depends on their mood
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Weekends
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During a family outing
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While spending some quality time with them
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They are not forthcoming
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N/A
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Other (please specify)
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Are any of the following applicable to one or more of your children with respect to your parental relationship? Often | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | N/A | ||||||
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Swear
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Rant
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Fly off the handle
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Yell/scream
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Tell you that you don't get it
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Tell you things aren't fair
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Ignore you
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When in the house they disappear to their room
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How frequently do you find yourself slipping into the following when having a discussion with your child? Often | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | N/A | ||||||
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Lecturing
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Providing unwanted advice
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Answering more than the question asked
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Nagging; i.e. Clean your room
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Asking repetitive questions; i.e. Did you do your homework?
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How often do you use the following phrases? Often | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | N/A | ||||||
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Say you're sorry
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Act your age
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Why can't you be more like "your friend"?
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Why can't you be more like your sibling?
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Don't you get it?
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I'll tell you what's not fair
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I don't care
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You just need to try/work harder
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Which of the following topics cause communication flare-ups?
Borrowing the car
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Cell phone bill
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Curfew
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Certain friends
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Questioning what they are wearing
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Piercings
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Tattoos
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Request for them to help out
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State of their room
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Putting dishes in the dishwasher
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Request for cash
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Questioning their drinking
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Questioning their smoking
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Questioning use of drugs
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Other (please specify)
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8.
8.
Do/did your children communicate with you about…? Often | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | N/A | ||||||
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School challenges
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How their day went
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Issues with friends
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Peer pressure
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Drugs
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Bullying
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Their best friends
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The right time to have sex
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Sex
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Birth control
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Who they were dating
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Who they would like to date
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What they were participating in
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School projects
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Tests, marks on tests, etc
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9.
9.
When initiating conversation with your teens, do you find it difficult to discuss anything outside what they consider prying; i.e. questions about school, plans for weekend or evenings, etc. Yes
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No
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N/A
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Other (please specify)
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10.
10.
How would you rate your family's communication ability? Very Good
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Good
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Okay
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Poor
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N/A
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11.
11.
Do you have any words of wisdom as to what makes for good family communication? If not say None. 0%
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