Indeed, in non-violent communication, a need and a want are more or less interchangeable. The parent did an arguably poor job of expressing why non-violent com

Indeed, in non-violent communication, a need and a want are more or less interchangeable. The parent did an arguably poor job of expressing why non-violent communication is interesting. It's value prop is in learning to think in terms of people expressing their needs/wants and recognizing 'you don't listen to me' as a complaint about a need/want not being met, not an attack or statement regarding your character. The author of this thread has internalized being 'low in empathy', while non-violent communication would reject such labels as unhelpful and inaccurate, instead focusing on seeing if the wants/needs of a relationship can be improved and met through effective communication regarding what is actually desired, instead of blaming and attacking one another.