Tag: social support

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In a previous post, we learned a general introduction to encouragement and that there are typically two types: goal-directed and person-directed. You’ll see several ways to apply this knowledge in several different posts. Here I want to focus on types of support because support is a primary way we can …

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Let’s start the discussion by ensuring we are all on the same page about encouragement. We’ve talked some already about how to encourage our children’s self concept, encouraging their decision making, and encouraging our spouse. Encouragement is also called social support in the communication world. We are letting someone know …

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