For this week’s assignment, I must write about an experience I had where I was in a group situation, and after the conversation was finished, I was left feeling that “we were just not communicating.” While my family sat for dinner, the conversation seemed to turn sour. My oldest son, 10years old at this time, frequently spoke in a disrespectful tone with me. If we’d talk about how school went that day, or how he was choosing to study for an upcoming test, he would seem to act defensively, and his tone of voice would turn angry. I found myself in a situation where I tried to defend myself, and encourage the male individuals to see that the boy’s behavior was unreasonable. Dad sat without intervening, which led me to reiterate that the boy’s
