Keeping the Peace: Family Communiction

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11/21/2018 Added

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Holidays bring family and friends together. But how do you avoid arguments with that uncle or cousin you never see? In this episode, Communication professor Dawn Braithwaite has advice on effective family communication. And she shares what she’s learned through her research on stepfamilies.

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[00:00:00.120](upbeat music)
[00:00:02.530]Holidays bring family and friends
[00:00:04.410]around the table, but how do you avoid
[00:00:06.830]an argument with that uncle or cousin you rarely see?
[00:00:10.820]Dawn Braithwaite recommends deciding ahead of time
[00:00:14.100]what's on and off the table.
[00:00:16.530]It's okay to understand things
[00:00:19.260]that we shouldn't talk about.
[00:00:20.470]All communication is not necessarily good communication.
[00:00:24.120]Dr. Braithwaite is an interpersonal
[00:00:26.160]and family communication researcher
[00:00:28.140]at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
[00:00:30.680]I study things that I've experienced.
[00:00:32.830]So I was a stepchild, and the main line of my research
[00:00:36.270]since I've been here at UNL has been
[00:00:38.230]the communication of step families.
[00:00:40.310]Find out more about Dr. Braithwaite's research,
[00:00:43.420]how to find harmony at the holiday dinner table,
[00:00:46.630]and what we can learn from the Chicago Cubs
[00:00:49.790]on the next Faculty 101.

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