Top 10 Ways to Deal with Negative Presidential Political Discussions at Home

Presidential political discussions are often found in public setting, but when the discussion impedes into the family, things tends to go hay way. A very short negative discussion can ruin your family relationship, making it more susceptible to conflict not even related to politics. So here are top 10 ways to deal with negative presidential political discussions at home.

1. Choose your battles

The rule of thumb for interpersonal relationships is to pick your battles carefully. These negative discussions may pop up naturally, and honestly, you cannot be able to control how your family interprets them, but you can always try to censor yourself by trying to avoid or start unnecessary arguments.

2. Find common grounds

Instead of focusing on the member of your family opinion on a particular negative discussion why not seek shelter in certain opinion both of you will agree about and do not focus on the negative, just find ways to turn it positive.

3. Never get personal

Politics is largely about personal values, so to simply put it, there is no right or wrong way of interpreting issues. You may not like the issues your family member supports, probably because you don’t like a particular presidential candidate, but don’t get personal.

4. Verify before engaging in an argument

It takes two people to start a discussion and the debate mostly start because on person has no facts at hand. You don’t need to argue about one presidential candidate negatively criticizing the other on millions of dollar spent on a particular project without checking the fact first.

5. Have a way of getting rid of political discussions

At home, a negative presidential political argument may feel inevitable, and no matter how you try to avoid discussion about them, something will always trigger. For instance, your kids may ask your opinion about the nasty, racist, worst comments they watch politician spill on each other, what do you do? Just try and get some means of derailing a possible discussion.

6. Always apologize

If you think you have offended someone at home with some political fact, kindly apologize, and avoid making the same mistake in the future.

7. Try to avoid political triggers altogether

Always avoid anything that can cause a political debate at home. A simple thing like a question on a particular presidential discussion can trigger an argument, so find ways to avoid it.

8. Let your family member express their opinion without criticizing them.

Never criticize the other person political views, just let them express themselves and avoid commenting on anything as this will probably trigger a discussion.

9. Set ground rules

You have to set some rules especially if you have had previous presidential argument encounters.

10. Change the subject with a political fact

As previously noted, a political debate can come naturally, but as soon as it begins, find ways to derail it quickly. The best way to do that is changing the subject to something related to the family.

By Ike Lemuwa

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