Conflict Resolution
Your parents ask you to do a task that feels hard and you don't want to do it. What are two ways to manage this without the problem becoming a conflict?
Use coping skills, ask for help, break up the task into smaller steps.
What is a value?
A set of traits, actions, or qualities that are held important to a family or person.
Describe a win-win situation.
Two people in a conflict are both pleased by the end result
List two things that a family provides to meet physical needs
Shelter, food, safety, healthcare, clothing
A family group consisting of parents, children, and other close relatives
Extended Family
Your brother stole your favorite shirt and wore it to school. While there, he spilled part of his lunch on the shirt, leaving a stain. You are really upset and frustrated. How can you manage this?
Talk with your brother using I feel statement, or other calm assertive communication to let him know how you feel. You cannot change the past, but can set things up for them to go differently in the future.
What are some values in your home?
*personalized response that shows knowledge of the definition of the value
What is a boundary?
A set of rules and limits put in place by a person to keep them healthy and safe
List two ways a family provides emotional support.
Listening, loving, accepting, teaching coping strategies
One or more children are not born into a family but are permanent family members by law.
Adoptive Family
How can someone use assertive communication even when upset or in a conflict?
Remain calm, walk away from the situation until you are ready to talk calmly, stick to your point and take breaks if the conversation gets too heated.
Can values from one family member to another be different? If so, how?
Yes, each person in a family brings their own unique perspective. Some values will be shared as a family, while some will be individual.
Describe two factors that can contribute to financial difficulty in a family.
Job loss, job change, illness, death, new family members, separation/divorce, etc.
This function of a family encourages learning and acquiring knowledge, curiosity, and creativity.
Intellectual Growth
A family made up of a husband and wife, at least one of whom has at least one child from a previous relationship.
Blended Family
What is an example of a common conflict in your family? What is a typical response you have? Is there something you would like to do differently in the future?
*Personalized response that shows growth and application of skills
How can you respect another family members values?
Get to know their values, understand why they are important, honor the values through your behaviors.
Name two positive and negative things that can result from the addition of a new family member.
Positive: Connect family through generations, entertaining and playing with babies
Negative: Loss of space, sharing resources, feeling left out
True or False:
Shaping moral growth is an essential function of a family that provides children with a code of conduct and a set of values.
True.
When a couple or an individual assumes responsibility for the care of a child for a period of time.
Foster Family
List the steps of resolving a conflict
Recognize the problem, Brainstorm solutions, Evaluate solutions, Compromise and/or seek mediator, then Let it go!
Can values change as times goes by? If so, how and why?
Yes, families and people change as they gain new life experience and perspective.
Explain how substance abuse can impact the health of a family.
Answers may vary; answer should demonstrate knowledge from lecture
This term means a family function that provides basic social skills, sharing, communicating, resolving conflicts, and preserving cultural heritage.
Shaping Social Development
Provide an example of a TV show that shows a nuclear family.
Answers may vary. An acceptable response must demonstrate knowledge of the definition of a nuclear family.