If you have a manageable number of friends and family that you want to comment on or respond to your posts, you could just send them personal (or bbc) emails with the link to the post:
(your most recent for example: http://positivepassage.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/scaling-down-rites-of-passage-ceremony-due-to-space/ )
And tell them in your email how to make a comment. (that is: scroll down to write, etc.) Then make a comment yourself to the post with their responses quoted.
or just let them respond to your email.

Or look into the contact form:
http://support.wordpress.com/contact-form/
That may or not be a possibility for you.

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-post-my-blog?replies=5#post-297350

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I've got family and friends visiting my blog. But, many of them are not familiar with the interactivity of blogs. I’m using the Andreas09 Theme and by default the bottom of Posts simply states “no comments”. I want them to leave comments but they aren’t used to “scrolling just below the post, and clicking on the no comments link; to open the comments area, in order to enter a comment”.
Does anyone have any suggestions that I could implement to educate my visitors on submitting comments? I’m looking for something, quick and easily digested.
Thanks in advance!