Even though my father’s communication isn’t the best I feel my self-esteem is solid. Instead of focusing on the negative parts of my home communication i pay the most attention to the positive to build myself up. Using what O’Hair et al. spoke about in Chapter 2. Basically my interpretation of what was stated is that we can for cognition by using our knowledge about ourselves, how we feel about ourselves, and how we think we will fair in the future. (45) So by this logic I feel that making sure what I think about myself is positive and reigns supreme over anything else I might here that could be discouraging.