Families

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Families
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Family Relationships are Important!

• They teach us how to love and what being loved is
  like.
• They teach us who we are, who we want to be, and
  what feeling accepted or rejected is like.
• They are powerful because they influence our
  emotions and help shape our character.

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Type of Families
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Nuclear Family

• A family in which a mother, a father, and one or
  more children live together.

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Blended Family

• A family that results when divorced or widowed
  parents remarry The parents and their respective
  children from previous marriages live in the home
  together

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Single-Parent Family

• A family with one parent living at home with the
  children.

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Extended Family

• An emotionally close family that includes
  relatives outside the central family unit.

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Couple Family

• A family in which only a husband and wife live
  together in a healthy family.

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Adoptive Family

• It is a legal process through which adults are
  given permanent guardianship of children who are
  not their biological children.

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Foster Families

• A person or married couple who is not related to
  the children agree to house and raise the
  children for a period of time.

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Characteristics of Healthy Families

1. Effective Communication This helps prevent
   misunderstandings, build healthy relationships,
   and express oneself.

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Characteristics of Healthy Families

• Respect As families grow they learn to show
  respect for each other.
• Respect means refraining from verbally or
  physically hurting another person.
• Honoring each others privacy
• Treating others possessions with care.

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Characteristics of Healthy Families

1. Commitment means being dedicated to recognizing
   and achieving what is best for family members.

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Characteristics of Healthy Families

• Love a feeling we receive from others in the
  family express affection and unconditional
  support to us.
• Healthy family members encourage, strengthen, and
  show compassion towards each other.

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Building Healthy Family Relationships

1. Improve how you behave toward your parents by
   being mature.
2. Show your family love, compassion, and respect.
3. Being considerate to others.
4. Listen to what parents ask to be done.
5. Helping others with chores or projects.

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Tips for Coping with Family Problems

1. Confront the problem.
2. Evaluate the problem as best you can.
3. Take action
4. Dont give up.