Following Wood's Principle In Which We Address Misunderstandings?

Conflict is an unavoidable situation that most of the time is dealt wrong, even so many older folks would push the idea that conflict can indeed be avoided and dealt properly. Growing up in a Hmong family, we were strictly discipline and taught to never argue back or yell at anyone older than you because it was insanely disrespectful. All five of my siblings including myself, were to follow this “conflict script” and use it to guide us in life. As a young boy, conflict seemed to be an everyday practice for me. Since I grew up with 3 other brothers and toys and accessories were always limited for all of us, me and my brothers would always get into fights and scuffle. And almost every time be punish for doing so. I felt that my parents or dad

I can clearly say that my I’ve reconstructed my family’s script into my own, though still trying to respect my elders but not holding back on anything else. Wood brought up that there are principles in which we address misunderstandings or conflicts. When I think of how I address all my conflicts I tend to follow Wood’s principle 2, which is conflict may be expressed overtly or covertly (Wood, 2013). As Wood stated, that there are many ways to address a misunderstanding or conflict, the best representation of how I address most of my misunderstanding is by overtly. I feel that although my parents try their best in raising us to obtain etiquette behaviors, they lack the idea that maybe arguing in front of us isn’t the brightest thing. Since I mirrored my parent’s action I tend to deal with all my misunderstandings overtly, either yelling or screaming. Although I don’t turn to physical attacks use to when I was little such as fighting; I can definitely agree that exploding verbally with hurtful words with a vigorous tone works just as good since it make me feel strong or dominant. Even though I tend to deal with my conflict through overt communication, passive aggression can also be something I practice or use. Wood also explain that a form of covert is passive aggression. When displaying or “acting