2. Journal
• Explain your family situation. Who do you live
with? How many siblings? Do you know both
your parents? Do you live with your parents?
3. Relationship Bank
Account
We have a different bank account with every person we
have a relationship with.
The quality of our relationships depends on how many
deposits and withdrawals we make in each account.
When there are significant “funds” in our bank accounts,
an occasional withdrawal will not damage the relationship.
Minimize withdrawals and make generous deposits on a
regular basis.
Activity
4. Skills for A Healthy
Relationship
• Communication
• Exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs
between two or more people.
• Cooperation
• Working together for the good of all
• Compromise
• Problem-solving method in which each participant
gives up something to reach a solution that satisfies
everyone.
6. Stereotypical Family
• Working Dad
• Stay-at-home Mom
• 2-3 Children
Only 10% of all US households are in this family
form.
7. Function of the Family
1. Emotional Needs
2. Physical Needs
3. Culture/Tradition
4. Social Skills
8. Types of Families
• Nuclear Family: two parents and one or more children
living in the same place
• Single Parent Family: one parent caring for one or
more children.
• Blended family: consist of a married couple and their
children from previous marriages (formed when a
single parent remarries). (His, mine and ours clip)
9. • Extended family: a family that includes additional
relatives beyond parents and children.
• Adoptive family: consists of a parent or parents and
one or more adopted children. Can have both adopted
and biological children.
• Foster family: the temporary placement of children in
the homes of adults who are not related to them.
10. • You may not come from
a strong family.
• You may come from a
broken family.
• BUT you can create a
Secrets to Strong functioning strong family
in your future.
Families
• Strong families lead to
healthy relationships
outside of the family and
healthy functioning
adults.
11. 1. Appreciation
• Give it frequently
• Be appreciative of “Invisible Work”
• Behavior is contagious
• Don’t give up too quickly
12. 2. Affection
• Small touches, hugs &
kisses
• Use verbal affection often
(appreciation,
compliments, etc.)
• Develops bonding
• Don’t assume they
“already know it”
13. 3. Commitment
• Go with each other
when one of you
has an activity.
• Share daily
experiences.
• Show that you are in
it for long haul. (You
won’t give up on
family easily.)
14. 4. Time Together
• Quality time is better than
quantity time.
• Family Experiences
• Vacations
• Camping
• Daily Experiences
• Eating together!!!!
• Chores
• Doing homework
• The purpose of the experience is
to strengthen the relationship.
• Traditions
15. 5. Creative Problem Solving
• Strong families can solve problems in
creative ways.
• Happy families have the same number of
arguments, but they focus on 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?
16. 6. Communication
• Communication is the key!
• Be willing to share daily events and
experiences often to foster communication.
• Without communication, the family unit falls
apart.
• Is there a member of your family that you
have not talked to for a long time because of
a conflict? How does this lack of
communication make you feel?
