Seeing people in your family fight can be really terrible. Whether the fight is about you or not, you might feel sad, angry or even ashamed(难为情的) when your family members shout at each other. Here are some ideas.
Keep your cool. If you are very angry, you can try to take a deep breath or count to
10. Before you talk with your family members, you can also make some physical movements. For example, you can hit a baseball a few times or beat your pillow(枕头)heavily.
Call a family meeting. See if there's a good time that works for everyone in your family to get together. If you are a young boy or girl, try asking your parents to call a family meeting.
Listen to everyone. That way, everyone can say what's going on. Sometimes,letting everyone talk is not easy especially when their words make you mad. However, if you let everyone talk, they'll listen to what you will say, too. Use"I"to express your feelings.Instead of blaming(责备) your family members or calling them out, try to speak out your feelings as peacefully as possible. For example, instead of saying"You shout at me too much", you could say,"I feel afraid when you shout at me."
A. Express your ideas directly.
B. It's not easy to keep calm during a fight.
C. Give everyone in the family a chance to speak.
D. Do you want to know how to end a family fight?
E. Then you can meet together and talk about the family fight.
