Family Wellness
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A healthy and resilient family can support the well-being of each member of the family unit.
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A Healthy Family
What makes a family healthy and resilient? Many parents ask themselves this question, but there is no simple answer. However, several characteristics are generally identified with a healthy, resilient family.
- Support
- Love and caring for other family members
- Providing security and a sense of belonging
- Open communication
- Making each person within the family feel important, valued and respected
In addition to this, promoting well-being among your family unit includes the practice of healthy sleep habits, balanced nutrition, plenty of physical activity, and routine preventive care.
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Evaluate Wellbeing
How do you evaluate if these practices are truly working? Here are some other qualities to consider when evaluating the well-being of your family.
- Is there ample humor and fun within your family, despite the very real demands of daily life?
- Does your family have rules that have been clearly stated and are evenly applied, yet are flexible and respond to new situations and changes in the family?
- Are the family’s expectations of each person reasonable, realistic, mutually agreed upon and generally fulfilled?
- Do family members achieve most of their individual goals, and are their personal needs being met?
- Do parents and children have genuine respect for one another, demonstrating love, caring, trust, and concern, even when there are disagreements?
- Is your family able to mature and change without everyone getting upset or unhappy?
- Does your family have a media use plan that considers every member of the family?
- Does your family’s lifestyle support the physical and mental health and well-being of all members?
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