Transcript Section 5.3

Section 5.3 Keeping the Family Healthy
Keeping the Family Healthy
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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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.
Using these statements as a starting point,
describe the qualities of a healthy family.
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Healthy Families
Healthy families share certain characteristics: caring,
commitment, respect, appreciation, empathy,
communication, and cooperation.
• 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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Useful Skills for Families
Healthy families know how to
• resolve conflicts
• express emotions
• make decisions
• manage their time
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Resolving Conflicts
• Siblings, or brothers and sisters, compete for their
parents’ attention, for possessions, and for
recognition.
• 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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Expressing Emotions
• It is important to express your emotions in
constructive ways.
• 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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Making Decisions
• Families often use decision-making skills to resolve
conflicts.
• By using decision-making skills, you can avoid an
argument.
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Managing Time
• Most families don’t have much time to
spend together.
• Healthy families tend to have strong ties with
other relatives.
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Group Juggling
In this activity you will work with others to
accomplish a difficult task.
Materials (per group)
3 lightweight balls, volleyball size
Try This
Form a large circle with 10 other people.
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).
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Group Juggling
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.
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.
When you have mastered “juggling” the two balls, add a third
ball, starting it with person 5.
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Group Juggling
Think and Discuss
How were cooperation and teamwork important in this activity?
How are those same skills important for living in a family?
How is group juggling easier than juggling alone? How is it
more difficult? Relate this to living in a family.
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?
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Getting Help for the Family
• Even when a family is healthy, there may be times when
the family is faced with a problem that seems
overwhelming.
• 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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Family Agencies
• Some agencies offer counseling for families.
• 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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Family Therapy
• Therapists work with family members to find better
ways to solve problems.
• Family therapists encourage all family members to
take part in the process.
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Support Groups
• A support group is a network of people who help
each other cope with a particular problem.
• Group members learn from one another rather than
from a group leader.
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Vocabulary
empathy
sibling
support group
The ability to understand another person’s
thoughts or feelings.
A brother or sister.
A network of people who help each other cope
with a particular problem.
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