Where I work we have a list of core values. One of those values is to assume positive intent. This means if someone does something that bothers you. Maybe you even think they were being deliberate. You should instead assume that they had positive intent and did not mean it in a negative way.
This is a principle that we can apply to life. If someone reacts in a certain way that could be taken negatively or positively then assume they meant it positively. This will do multiple things. One thing it will do is make it where you’re not assuming that everything people say is meant to be offensive. The other thing it can do is allow room for the other person to fix it if they meant it in a negative way. Maybe they said it in a way that sounded short or rude. A simple question can clarify the matter rather than to just get upset at what someone has said. Plus as I said it may bring it to their attention the way or tone in which they said it.
Why is this important? Well it’s important how we talk to others and how we react to others. Remember that others includes those in your own household. To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, loving, compassionate, and humble; not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you would inherit a blessing (1 Peter 3:8-9 NASB).
Ephesians 4:29 KJV Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Proverbs 19:11 NET A person’s wisdom makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.