1. Lesson 1 Healthy Family Relationships
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Lesson 1 Healthy Family Relationships

2. Your relationships with family members influence your total health.

3. The Family Unit
There are many kinds of families, but all family members have certain responsibilities toward each other.
Your relationships with your family are some of the most important relationships in your life.

4. The Family Unit
Family members may be related to each other by birth, marriage, or adoption.

5. The Family Unit Healthy families help children and teens
develop the values and skills to become successful members of society.
avoid behaviors that may put their health at risk.

6. Types of Families Siblings Your brothers and sisters
When you think about families, you may picture your own parents or siblings.
Siblings
Your brothers and sisters

7. Types of Families Nuclear family
To some people, the word family suggests a nuclear family.
Nuclear family
Two parents and one or more children living in the same place.

8. Types of Families
Single-parent families are families with one parent caring for one or more children.
A child may live with one parent after a divorce or the other parent’s death.

9. Types of Families Blended family
Blended families form when a single parent remarries. The new couple may also decide to add to their blended family by having more children.
Blended family
A married couple and their children from previous marriages

10. Types of Families Extended family
Some people live with extended family members like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Extended family
A family that includes additional relatives beyond parents and children

11. Types of Families
Adoptive families consist of a parent or parents and one or more adopted children.
Some families have both biological children and adopted children.

12. Types of Families Foster care
Children may be live with foster families because of problems like abuse.
Foster care
the temporary placement of children in the homes of adults who are not related to them

13. Family Interactions Meet the family’s basic needs.
Roles and Responsibilities of Parents or Guardians
Meet the family’s basic needs.
Establish rules and set limits.
Teach the reasons for rules.
Teach values and skills.

14. Family Interactions Roles and Responsibilities of Children and Teens
Take on more responsibilities, such as doing chores or caring for younger siblings.
Respect the authority of parents or guardians

15. Your Family and Your Health
Your family members contribute to your health.
Beyond that, being part of a healthy family can strengthen all three aspects of your health.

16. Your Family and Your Health
Ultimately, healthy families are the foundation of a healthy society.

17. Promoting Physical Health
Your family promotes your physical health by:
providing for your basic physical needs.
providing medical care.
setting limits on behavior.
teaching health skills.

18. Promoting Physical Health
Your family promotes your mental and emotional health by:
providing a safe environment for you to express and deal with your emotions.
giving you love and support, helping to meet your need to feel that you belong.
meeting your need to feel valued and recognized.

19. Promoting Social Health
Your family promotes your social health by:
Sets limits and rules
Shapes your values and beliefs
Teaches you how to respect and treat others

20. Promoting Mental and Emotional Health
Family members can provide affirmation by celebrating each other’s achievements or showing appreciation for the ways you help out at home.
Affirmation
Positive feedback that helps others feel appreciated and supported

21. Promoting Social Health
Your family promotes your social health by:
Teaching you how to communicate and get along with others.
Teaching you how to cooperate with others and how to resolve conflicts.

22. Values Learning these values is a key to developing strong character.
Parents promote social health by helping children develop core ethical values, including
responsibility
honesty
respect
Learning these values is a key to developing strong character.

23. Cultural Heritage
Sharing culture and traditions enriches the lives of family members.
It helps family members develop a sense of cultural identity and creates important social bonds that extend beyond the family.

24. What is a sibling?
A sibling is a brother or sister.

25. Name three kinds of families.
Any three: nuclear family, single-parent family, blended family, extended family, adoptive family, foster family

26. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Identify four ways in which families promote the physical health of children and teens.
Meeting basic physical needs including food, clothing, and shelter; providing medical care; setting limits on behaviors; teaching health skills

27. Lesson 2: Strengthening Family Relationships
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Lesson 2: Strengthening Family Relationships

28. Family members support and care for one another, especially during difficult times.

29. Characteristics of Strong Families
Strong families support their members in a variety of ways.
Different families interact together in different ways.

30. Characteristics of Strong Families
Good Communication
Caring and Support
Trust
Traits of Strong Families
Commitment
Respect

31. Characteristics of Strong Families
Spending time together strengthens family relationships.

32. Coping with Change
Family members can help each other cope with changes in the family’s structure or circumstances.
Because change is a normal part of life, healthy families must be prepared to deal with changes and help each other cope.

33. Changes in Family Structure
Examples of Changes
Birth
Adoption
Separation
Divorce
Remarriage
Death of a Family Member

34. Birth and Adoption
Welcoming a new baby or an adopted child into the family is a joyful event. Family members can help by sharing the responsibility for taking care of the new child and making an effort to find time for each other.

35. Separation and Divorce
Couples who choose separation may work out their differences and live together again.
Separation
A decision by two married people to live apart from each other

36. Separation and Divorce
When parents divorce, they need to come to an agreement about where the children will live.
Divorce
A legal end to a marriage contract

37. Separation and Divorce
Custody may be granted to only one parent (sole custody) or divided so that both parents share in the child rearing (joint custody).
Custody
The legal right to make decisions affecting children and the responsibility for their care

38. Remarriage
When a parent remarries, the children must adjust to having, or living with, a stepparent.
If the stepparent has children, all members of the blended family will need time to adjust.

39. Death of a Family Member
Perhaps the most difficult change a family can go through is the death of a family member.
Joining a support group or seeking help from a counselor may help those who have lost a loved one recover from their pain.

40. Death of a Family Member
Family members can help each other through this difficult time by
sharing their feelings and memories about the person they’ve lost.
respecting each other’s feelings and remembering that the process of grieving is different for everyone.

41. Changes in Family Circumstances
Changes in a family’s circumstances can also be a source of stress.
Family members can help each other deal with these changes by communicating honestly and showing as much support as possible.

42. Changes in Family Circumstances
Moving to a New Home
Changes in the Family’s Financial Situation
Illness and Disability
Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse

43. Coping with Changes
One of the most important strategies for coping with changes in the family is to talk honestly and openly with each other.

44. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
How can family members demonstrate good communication?
By sharing their thoughts and feelings honestly with each other, listening to one another, and demonstrating empathy

45. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
What are the two main types of changes that cause stress in families?
Changes in family structure and in family circumstance

46. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Identify three situations that can lead to a change in family structure.
Birth or adoption of a child; separation, divorce, remarriage; death of a family member

47. Lesson 3: Help for families
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Lesson 3: Help for families

48. Families may require outside assistance to deal with serious problems.

49. Violence in Families Violence in families can cause lasting harm.
Some problems are too serious for family members to handle on their own.

50. Violence in Families Abuse
One of the most dangerous problems a family can face is abuse.
Abuse
The physical, mental, emotional, or sexual mistreatment of one person by another

51. Violence in Families Domestic violence
Domestic violence can occur in all kinds of families, regardless of income, ethnicity, or education level.
Domestic violence
Acts of violence involving family members

52. Spousal Abuse Spousal abuse
Spousal abuse can involve physical or sexual violence as well as emotional abuse. It is a criminal act that can be prosecuted by law.
Spousal abuse
Domestic violence or any other form of abuse directed at a spouse

53. Spousal Abuse
Spousal abuse often goes unreported because victims may blame themselves for their partners’ abusive behavior.
They may also be unwilling to tear the family apart by leaving an abusive spouse.

54. Spousal Abuse
Spousal abuse often goes unreported because victims fear they will be unable to support themselves or their children if they leave.
They may also fear for their lives and the lives of their children.

55. Child Abuse Child abuse Domestic abuse directed at a child
Child abuse includes any action that harms or threatens a child’s health and development. Child abuse can be physical, emotional, or sexual.
Child abuse
Domestic abuse directed at a child

56. Child Abuse Neglect The failure to provide for a child’s basic needs
Child abuse may also involve neglect.
Neglect
The failure to provide for a child’s basic needs

58. Child Abuse
Neglected children may lack adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical support.
Leaving children alone and unsupervised for long periods of time is also a form of neglect.

59. Child Abuse
Many abusive parents were abused themselves as children and don’t know any other way for a family to function.
Alcohol and drug abuse also increase the risk of violence in the home.

60. Elder Abuse Elder abuse The abuse or neglect of older family members
Elder abuse can occur both within the family and in institutional settings such as nursing homes.
Elder abuse
The abuse or neglect of older family members

61. Elder Abuse
Older family members may suffer physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, as well as neglect.
Elder abuse can also be financial.

62. Effects of Abuse
For many victims of abuse, the emotional scars left by abuse last longer than the physical injuries.
Victims often experience feelings of shame, worthlessness, anxiety, and depression.

63. Effects of Abuse Cycle of violence
Without treatment, abused children often grow up to become abusers themselves. This is called the cycle of violence.
Cycle of violence
The pattern of repeating violent or abusive behaviors from one generation to the next

64. Effects of Abuse
Children suffering abuse at home need to seek help from an adult they can trust, such as a relative, teacher, medical professional, or religious adviser.

65. Effects of Abuse
The police can connect abused teens with social services that can help them.
Short-term shelters can provide a safe place to stay.
“Drop-in” services can provide food, clothing, medical attention, and crisis counseling.

66. Stopping Domestic Abuse
Stopping domestic violence depends on the three Rs:
Recognize
Resist
Report

67. Stopping Domestic Abuse
The first step to stopping domestic violence is to recognize the problem.
Victims and others need to be aware that child abuse and domestic violence are crimes.
Any claim of abuse should be taken seriously, even if it sounds unbelievable.

68. Stopping Domestic Abuse
Victims of domestic abuse can also resist their abusers.
If someone tries to harm you, you can try to escape or to prevent the attack.
Once you escape, seek help from a trusted adult.

69. Stopping Domestic Abuse
Reporting the abuse is the third step in putting a stop to it.
Talk to a trusted adult, such as a family member or a school nurse.
Contact an abuse hotline or a crisis center.
Go directly to the police.

70. Review the 3 R’s with your group
What are the 3 R’s?
Why are these important in order to stop domestic abuse?

71. Stopping Domestic Abuse
The victim may also require counseling and medical care. Abusers need help, too.
Through counseling and other strategies, they can learn to manage their feelings and break the cycle of violence.

72. Sources of Support
Communities offer many forms of support to families in crisis.
The type of help needed depends on the seriousness of the problem.

73. Sources of Support Sources of Help for Families Support Groups
Family Counseling Services
Support Groups
Sources of Help for Families
Faith Communities
Community Services
Law Enforcement Officials
Hospitals or Clinics

74. Counseling
Family counseling is therapy to restore healthy relationships in a family.

75. Community Services
Troubled family members may seek help from a crisis center.
Crisis center
A facility that offers advice and support to people dealing with personal emergencies.

76. Counseling
Family counseling can help some families deal with changes such as separation or divorce.
It can also help in cases when one member has a problem that affects the entire family.

77. Support Groups
A support group is a group of several people who are all coping with the same problem.
The group meets regularly to discuss their problems and get advice from each other.

78. Community Services
Crisis hotlines are special telephone numbers people can call to receive help 24 hours a day.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
Mutual Ground, located in Aurora
Website:
Domestic violence hotline: (24hr)
Sexual Assault hotline: (24hr)

79. Community Services
Public or private agencies may offer classes on parenting and conflict resolution.
Social services help provide food, clothing, shelter, and medical care.
Public agencies can help adults find a job or receive job training.
Social agencies can remove children from abusive homes and place them in foster care.
Many communities provide shelters where people can go to escape abuse.

80. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Identify four different forms of child abuse.
Physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect

81. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Describe the physical and emotional effects of abuse.
Physical effects can include injuries, permanent injury, and, in extreme cases, death. Emotional effects include shame, worthlessness, anxiety, and depression.

82. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
What is family counseling?
Therapy to restore healthy relationships in a family