Journal

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Building Strong Families

• Journal
• In a united family,
• happiness springs of itself.
• Chinese Proverb
• Is your family united? How can you help unite
  and strengthen your family?

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What are the Secrets of a Strong Family?
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Appreciation

• Frequently, short
• Appreciative of invisible work
• Deuches Law Behavior is Contagious
• Dont give up too quickly, it takes 4 weeks.

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Affection

• Small touches (non-sexual)
• Love Currency understanding what it is for the
  other person and learn to give it.
• Make you Love Currency explicit.
• Gender differences and love currency.

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Commitment

• They go with each other when one of them has an
  activity.
• We should also tell them about our day then we
  are sharing.
• Commitment How you spend your time and money.
• The commitment is in writing a mission
  statement.
• Decide what you want to stand for. Start with
  one sentence.
• Mission statements change as the family changes.

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Time Together

• Quality time is a function of quantity time.
• Peak experiences
• Vacations
• Camping
• Continuous experiences
• Eating together
• Chores
• Doing homework
• The purpose of the task is to strengthen the
  relationship.

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Creative Problem Solving

• Strong families can solve problems in creative
  ways.
• Happy families have the same number of arguments,
  but they have spaces filled with happy times.
• It is ok to have problems, but the key is to
  solve them quickly.
• The longer you are in an argument, the harder it
  is to get out. Why?

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Communication

• The goal of communication is by far more
  important than the techniques.
• If my goal is to win.bad
• If my goal is to understand or help.good
• As we communicate, we need to be aware of our
  goals. If it is a good goal, our communication
  will go well.
• Techniques are good, but tend to be mechanical.
  Say it in your own language.

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Life is Beautiful

• Scene 8
• End when train is leaving after Dora gets on.
• Scene 24
• To the end of show

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State Requirement 8

• Strengthening Family Relationships

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InternetBuilding Strong Families Quiz