Family Characteristics

I agree with Lowrennice about the interesting class part. So far I really love this class and I think I will learn a lot from it. I always love taking those classes that actually pertain to your life and give you tips about how to make things better in your life. I've taken a couple Human Development classes but I really think this class will be beneficial to me as a person. I can't wait to grow up and have a family and I just love learning all that I can about it before it happens. I want to make sure I'm doing the right things in order to have successful and healthy relationships with my family members. I feel like I have a pretty good relationship with my family right now but I know that we can improve in a lot of ways. My family has done pretty well with the strong family characteristics. My parents have been married for 25 years and we are a very tight-knit family when it comes to the commitment issues. My family has expresses the right amount of appreciation and affection for each other. We have always been a very close family that hugs and kisses each other a lot. My parents always make sure to hug us everday if not multiple times a day. They feel that it is important in our relationship with the communication and affection. My parents have always made a point to make sure we have good communication within each other and we always try to talk about things when they are bothering us. We use a lot of sarcasm at my house but I feel like we only use it in a good way, we never try to intentionally hurt someone else. My parents have always made a point to make sure that we have a lot of family time. When we were younger we always hung out as a family and had game nights all the time. We like to go out to eat as a family as much as we can when everyone is home. We always go to church together on sundays. After church we try to have lunch together and be together as a family. Our spiritual relationships are important to my family and we like to go to church together. My family has a pretty good idea of how to cope with stress. There have been some stressful life events during my life and I think we have handled them pretty well. I feel like my family has a pretty good idea about the different aspects of a stuccessful family. We have lots of problems just like any other family but we tend to get over them quickly and with good communication it can be done well.