They speak in positive and affirming ways and express the love they have for each other. Strong families have a strong commitment to each other. They are deeply committed to promoting each other's happiness and welfare and show their commitment by investing time and energy in family activities.
They found that strong families share six major qualities: commitment, appreciation, communication, time spent together, shared spiritual wellness, and the ability to cope with stress and crisis.
Strong families frequently work, play, eat, and attend religious and social functions together. They share responsibilities and structure their lives so they can spend time with one another. As necessary, strong families cut down on outside involvements in order to have quality time together on a regu- lar basis.
The most frequently kept secrets within a family include, but are not limited to, finances, serious health issues and death, and impending divorce.
Strong families have warmth and care, good communication, predictability, and strong connections to others outside the family. Looking after yourself is good for your family and good for you.
Some include: support; love and caring for other family members; providing security and a sense of belonging; open communication; making each person within the family feel important, valued, respected and esteemed. Here are some other qualities to consider when evaluating how well your own family is functioning.
The Golden Rule, treating others as you want to be treated, is one of the oldest and most universally agreed upon moral principles in human history.
Family secrets involve information purposefully hidden or concealed by one or more family members. The four types of secrets are sweet, essential, toxic and dangerous.
There are several common features of healthy, happy families that include cohesiveness, open communication, parents leading by example, conflict management, and setting clear expectations and limits. Healthy families stick together.
They speak in positive and affirming ways and express the love they have for each other. Strong families have a strong commitment to each other. They are deeply committed to promoting each other's happiness and welfare and show their commitment by investing time and energy in family activities.
Traditions are the glue, the true and lasting bond that unite families with a sense of belonging, continuity, and routine that family members can depend on year after year, generation after generation. If you don't have any family traditions…don't get overwhelmed.
Examples include parents who hide birthday presents from a child, and a father telling his teenage daughter that he plans to file for divorce, without telling his spouse. The internal secret, known by some and not others, creates sub-groupings, drawing lines between those who know and those left unaware.
Five Protective Factors are the foundation of the Strengthening Families Approach: parental resilience, social connections, concrete support in times of need, knowledge of parenting and child development, and social and emotional competence of children.
Some of the early warning signs are difficulty remembering recently learned information, losing track of dates, times, and appointments and being confused about where they are. You may see a general mental decline, trouble with vocabulary or finding the right words.
Basic needs typically refer to the fundamental support and resources people need to survive. Examples of basic needs include food, shelter, transportation, clothes, clean water, education, mental and physical health, and access to quality health care.
Secrets are powerful because they confine you to an exclusive or chosen group of individuals. Secrets are inner-voices that never stop talking.
Necessary, proportionate, relevant, adequate, accurate, timely and secure: Ensure that information you share is necessary for the purpose for which you Page 2 are sharing it, is shared only with those individuals who need to have it, is accurate and up-to-date, is shared in a timely fashion, and is shared securely (see ...
The main thing you can do is apply The Golden Rule of Parenting. Always be the kind of person you want your kids to be. So, if you want your kids to be respectful, considerate, and honest, you have to be respectful, considerate, and honest. And, then you may expect that behavior from your kids.
The following are some examples of these patterns: One or both parents have addictions or compulsions (e.g., drugs, alcohol, promiscuity, gambling, overworking, and/or overeating) that have strong influences on family members. One or both parents threaten or use physical violence as the primary means of control.