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Section 5.3 Keeping the Family Healthy

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Objectives

List some characteristics of healthy families.

Describe four skills families need to stay healthy.


Identify places where families can go for help with their problems.


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Using these statements as a starting point, describe the qualities of a healthy family.

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Quick Quiz Which of the following statements accurately describe your family relationships?

I enjoy spending time with my family.

We find it easy to say “I love you.”

When I have a problem, I can confide in my parents.

My parents understand my goals.


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Healthy families share certain characteristics: caring, commitment, respect, appreciation, empathy, communication, and cooperation.

Healthy Families

• Caring and Commitment People in healthy families really care about each other through good times and bad times.

• Respect and Appreciation Family members make each other feel important.

• Empathy The ability to understand another person’s thoughts or feelings is called empathy.

• Communication Family members can tell each other what they honestly think and feel.

• Cooperation Responsibilities are divided fairly among family members.


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Healthy families know how to

Useful Skills for Families

• resolve conflicts

• express emotions

• make decisions

• manage their time


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• Siblings, or brothers and sisters, compete for their parents’ attention, for possessions, and for recognition.

Resolving Conflicts

• When trying to resolve conflicts, family members need to talk openly, honestly, and lovingly.

• Good communication skills are key to conflict resolution.


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• It is important to express your emotions in constructive ways.

Expressing Emotions

• It is better to focus on your own feelings.

• Listen to the other person’s concerns.

• If family members feel loved and appreciated, they are often more willing to help solve problems.


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• Families often use decision-making skills to resolve conflicts.

Making Decisions

• By using decision-making skills, you can avoid an argument.


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• Most families don’t have much time tospend together.

Managing Time

• Healthy families tend to have strong ties withother relatives.


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Starting with one person and going clockwise, count off from 1 to 11. Then decide how you will pass the ball around the circle. It is best to pass the ball across the circle to the opposite side (for example, from 1 to 7, 7 to 2, 2 to 8, and so on).

Group Juggling

Materials (per group)

Form a large circle with 10 other people.

In this activity you will work with others toaccomplish a difficult task.

3 lightweight balls, volleyball size

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Group Juggling

Continue passing the ball until it has gone around the circle five times. If the ball drops, just pick it up and continue passing it around.

Repeat Steps 3 and 4, but with two balls instead of one. Start one ball with person 1 and the other with person 3.

Person 1 throws the ball across the circle to the next person according to the decided order. That person throws the ball to the next person, and so on across the circle.

When you have mastered “juggling” the two balls, add a third ball, starting it with person 5.


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Group Juggling

How is group juggling easier than juggling alone? How is it more difficult? Relate this to living in a family.

Think and Discuss

Suppose that, while juggling three balls, the group suddenly decided to reverse the direction of one ball. What do you think would happen? How is this similar to what happens when unexpected problems arise in families?

How were cooperation and teamwork important in this activity? How are those same skills important for living in a family?


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• Even when a family is healthy, there may be times when the family is faced with a problem that seems overwhelming.

Getting Help for the Family

• In this situation, asking for help is a sign of strength rather than a sign of weakness.

• Many families depend on relatives or trusted friends.

• Some families may turn to members of the clergy or mental health professionals.

• A family may use a crisis hotline or contact a crisis center.

• Some sources of help for families are family agencies, family therapists, and support groups.


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• Some agencies offer counseling for families.

Family Agencies

• Others may offer parenting classes.

• Mental-health agencies help meet the needs of people with mental disorders.

• Child-welfare agencies offer services for the protection of children.


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• Therapists work with family members to find better ways to solve problems.

Family Therapy

• Family therapists encourage all family members to take part in the process.


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• A support group is a network of people who help each other cope with a particular problem.

Support Groups

• Group members learn from one another rather than from a group leader.


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Vocabulary

empathy The ability to understand another person’s thoughts or feelings.

sibling A brother or sister.

support group A network of people who help each other cope with a particular problem.


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