Type of conflict: Two siblings fighting over who gets the remote control

Type of conflict: A disagreement about how to spend a budget surplus

Conflict styles: You know your friend is mad at you, so you stay home from school

Conflict styles: You and your friend decide to take turns picking the show on Netflix to watch

Conflict styles: attempting to beat your opponent in a disagreement

Clear, confident, reasonable

Vague, intimidating, demanding

Assertion messages: "It made me feel special when you brought me flowers unexpectedly"

Assertion messages: I don't understand why you are slamming your bedroom door

Assertion messages: I'm trying to work on my math. Can you talk a bit quieter?

Handling criticism: I'm sorry you aren't happy with your meal. How can we make it better for you?

Handling criticism: You're right, I dropped the ball on the project deadline. I'll get it finished by the end of the day.

Handling criticism: I don't think it's fair to say I don't put effort into my work simply because I finished before the rest of the class

Love languages: "You did a great job on your painting!"

Love languages: Let's skip Christmas gifts this year, and instead go out for a nice dinner together.

Love languages: I noticed that you had a lot on your workload, so I went ahead and finished up the monthly sales report for our team.