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Glencoe Health

1st Edition

McGraw-Hill Education

ISBN: 9780078913280

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Section 7.2: Strengthening Family Relationships

Exercise 1

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1. Sharing their thoughts and feelings honestly with each other
2. Listen to each other
3. Show empathy

Exercise 2

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1. Changes in family structure
2. Changes in family circumstances

Exercise 3

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1. Birth and adoption
2. Separation and Divorce
3. Remarriage
4. Death of a family member

Exercise 4

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Both arrangements may be difficult for the child as their decision is also part of the type of custody the parents will have. It is emotionally and mentally taxing thinking about the separation of parents.

$textbf{Sole custody}$ – the child will have to choose only one parent to stay with and this is difficult if the child is close to both parents.

$textbf{Joint custody}$ – traveling back and forth from one parent to another may be difficult for the child.

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Sole custody and joint custody

Exercise 5

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$textit{Positive event}$ – having a new additional member of the house. The existing members would have to adapt to this change to incorporate the new member.

$textit{Negative event}$ – separation or divorce of parents.

Both events are difficult to adjust to and can add stress to a teen. Having someone to confide to is very helpful in situations you are not able to talk to your parents. But it is still the best to talk about your emotions to your family members.

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Positive and negative events can add stress to you.

Exercise 6

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– Birth of a new child

1. Talk to one of your parents about the situation

2. Talk to friends about the additional member

3. Help with the chores as it focuses your attention elsewhere

4. Have relaxation once in a while

5. Find a part-time job to help with the finances as it also is an added experience

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Birth of a new child

Exercise 7

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Anna is a teen whose parents are recently divorced. They agreed on joint custody so Ann is with her mother on working days and with her dad on weekends. Firsty, she was going through a denial stage. She kept trying to get them back together. She wouldn’t even listen to them and what they have to say. So, she was kind of angry and depressed. At this stage she didn’t study for her school at all. Even her friends started to feel worried about her because she stopped to see them. At school, she didn’t talk to anybody and started to be rude at everybody including teachers. Soon, a principal called her parents on a meeting to talk about her, her behaviour and ways he could help her parents to change that. They all get seriously worried about her at that point. Her parents were trying hard to explain the new situation to her but it was a hard process. She blackmailed them by going to school. They needed to be strict and they did. They made her go to a support group for children of divorce. She saw that she is not the only one going through this. After somewhile, she realized she had been wrong and she finally listened to her parents, about their feelings and she accepted their divorce.

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My imaginary character Anna went through her parents divorce, and she didn`t take it so well at the beggining. She had some acceptance issues which were leading to some other problems such as avoiding school and friends. See the explanation for details.

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