Creating a Strong Family

When parents around the world describe the qualities that make their family strong, these are some of the things they talk about.

APPRECIATION AND AFFECTION

• Caring for each other
• Friendship
• Respect for individuality
• Playfulness
• Humor

ABILITY TO COPE WITH STRESS AND CRISIS

• Adaptability
• seeing a crisis as a challenge
• Growing through crisis together
• Openness to change
• Resilience

COMMITMENT

• Trust
• Honesty
• Dependability
• Faithfulness
• Sharing

TIME TOGETHER

• Quality time in great quantity
• Enjoying each other’s company
• Simple good times
• Faithfulness
• Sharing fun times

POSITIVE COMMUNICATION

• Sharing feelings
• Avoiding blame
• Being able to compromise
• Playfulness
• Agreeing to disagree

SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING

• Hope
• Faith
• Compassion
• shared ethical values
• Shared moral beliefs