Dad, You Don't Want to Let Them Down

As long as the response is logical, the father can effectively ask questions and give counsel. The moment the response becomes emotional, he needs to go back to empathic listening. Technique only gets in the way of a sincere desire to understand people. Children desperately want to open up even more to parents than their peers. If you really seek to understand without hypocrisy and without guile, there will be times when you will be literally stunned with the pure knowledge and understanding that will flow from another human being.