Understanding Families
This is a group of people related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other family bonds.
What is a family?
This skill involves clearly expressing thoughts, feelings, and needs to another person.
What is communication?
This means each person regards the other with honor and esteem.
What is mutual respect?
A family creates a monthly plan for spending, saving, and playing bills. What skill are they using?
What is budgeting?
Your friend is talking about a difficult day. You put your phone away and give them your full attention. What skill are you showing?
What is active listening?
This type of family includes one parent raising one or more children.
What is a single-parent family?
This is the process of managing responsibilities at home while meeting the demands of a job or career.
What is work-family balance?
This is an intense feeling of admiration.
What is infatuation?
Two siblings disagree about household chores and calmly work out a fair solution. What are they practicing?
What is conflict resolution?
A parent and teenager disagree about a curfew. They listen to each other and negotiate a reasonable agreement. What are they practicing?
What is compromise?
These are the roles and responsibilities that family members have within the household.
What are family roles?
This involves identifying a problem, considering possible solutions, and selecting a course of action.
What is problem-solving?
The choice to refrain from sexual intercourse until marriage.
What is abstinence?
A student has homework, a job, and family responsibilities. Using a schedule to organize these tasks demonstrates this skill.
What is time management?
A family member loses a job. The family reviews its expenses, seeks employment resources, and supports one another. What are they demonstrating?
What is resilience?
This type of family is formed when two adults establish a household that includes children from previous relationships.
What is a blended family?
During a family crisis, this type of support can include help from relatives, friends, counselors, or community agencies.
What is a support system?
The influence a person's peers have on him or her.
What is peer pressure?
A person says no to a request that makes them uncomfortable and clearly explains their limits. What are they setting?
What are personal boundaries?
Your partner pressures you to do something you do not want to do. You clearly say no, and a healthy partner accepts your decision. What important concept is demonstrated?
What are boundaries and respect?
When family members share household responsibilities, support one another, and work together toward common goals, they demonstrate this.
What is cooperation?
A family experiencing a serious challenge can use this approach by identifying its strengths, adjusting to change, and working together to recover.
What is resilience?
What is intermittency of love?
A family is struggling financially. Instead of blaming one another, members discuss expenses, prioritize needs, and develop a plan. What two skills are they demonstrating?
What are communication and problem-solving?
One family member is overwhelmed by work and home responsibilities. The family redistributes chores and discusses a more manageable schedule. What problem are they addressing?
What is work-family imbalance?