Improving Communication and Respect With Your Children

Yesterday I received an email from a reader who is having difficulty with her daughter. With her permission, here is the email:

Hello! I have a six year old daughter who is very smart, independent and beautiful. She is also spoiled and disrespectful. Today I received an email from her teacher informing me that my daughter had said something VERY disrespectful to her in front of the class. She's only in first grade.

I've had these talks with her, but it seems like she doesn't GET what respect is. Her father and I (all in the same house) don't treat each other disrespectfully, and I don't feel like we treat her disrespectfully. I do feel like my conversations with her are superficial, and she will barely listen to me long enough for me to get my point out. Like I said, disrespectful.

How can I make our communication more effective? She isn't all that reluctant to share things with me, although she is sketchy on the details. Thank you for your attention. I'm just looking to elaborate on your blog about being out of communication. Have a good weekend!

She was referring to an earlier post: How Did My Child Get So Disrespectful.