Building Healthy Relationships Chapter 11 (Grade level: 9-12) (Age 14-18)

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Building Healthy RelationshipsChapter 11 (Grade
level 9-12) (Age 14-18)

• Rochelle Rich
• AyawtaTaylor
• Kristi Caruso

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Healthy Relationships

• Cooperation
• Working together for the good of all
• Compromise
• Each person gives up something to satisfy
  everyone
• Give and take
• Strengthens relationships

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Healthy Relationships

• Traits of healthy relationship
• Respect
• Acceptance
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
• Dependability
• Loyalty
• empathy

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Family Relationships

• Communication with parents
• Setting boundaries
• Building trust
• Opening communication lines
• Acknowledging their accomplishments

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Family Problems

• Dealing with a broken home
• Filling in gaps of a missing parent
• Surviving a breakup
• Custody

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Family Problems Cont..

• Wanting more freedom
• Finding out who you are
• Running away

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Family Problems Cont

• Media taking parental role

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Family Problems Cont..

• Domestic violence
• Spousal abuse
• Child abuse

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Family Problems Cont

• Relationships with siblings
• Respecting each others space
• Learning how to resolve conflicts
• Show consideration for each others feelings
• Being supportive

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Strengthening Family Relationships

• The family as a system
• Each person has a role
• Functions of a family
• Primary support system
• Meeting emotional needs
• Instilling values and religious beliefs
• Passing on traditions and customs

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Building Healthy Family Relationships

• Affirmation
• Trust
• Commitment
• Time together
• Communication
• Respect
• Solving problems
• Love

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Developing Responsible Relationships

• Friendships
• A significant relationship between two people
  based on caring, respect, consideration and
  trust.
• Friends share the same interest, hobbies, or
  aspirations as you
• Vary in importance
• May be hard work, but well worth effort

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Building a Foundation

• Communication and Sharing
• Listening Skills
• Being an active listener
• Really paying attention to what someone is saying
  and feeling.
• Not making any judgments or interrupting while
  other person speaks.
• Reflective listening, clarifying, encouraging,
  and empathizing

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Building a Foundation

• Communication and Sharing
• Speaking skills
• Clearly stating what you mean
• Voice pitch
• Using I messages
• Tells how you feel using the pronoun II

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Building a Foundation

• Respect and Trust
• How to handle disagreements
• Give the person a turn to speak
• Each deserve a chance to speak, be open
• Use I messages
• Express how you really feel
• Stick to the subject
• Don t lose track of the issue
• Keep the tone friendly
• Remember this is your friend that you value

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Dealing with Peer Pressure

• The control and influence people your age may
  have on you.
• Positive peer pressure
• Role model
• Can show others what not to do
• Negative peer pressure
• Manipulation- sneaky or dishonest way to control
  others

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Dealing with Peer Pressure

• Manipulation types
• Mocking or teasing
• Making threats, or using blackmail
• Using guilt trips to get desired results
• Resisting negative peer pressure
• Passive way
• Aggressive way
• Assertive way

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Romantic Relationships

• Our first commitment Self
• Healing the inner child
• Content with self
• Know yourself
• Attracting the right partner

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Romantic Relationships

• Healthy Relationships
• Gaining respect
• Setting boundaries
• Resolving conflict
• Taking responsibility
• Confronting partner when they upset you
• Respect individuality
• Importance of compromise

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Romantic Relationships

• Healthy Relationships
• Receiving and giving love
• Growing together
• Honesty and trustworthiness
• Be reasonable and realistic
• Sex is voluntary and not coercive
• Constant communication

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Romantic Relationships

• Unhealthy relationships Codependency
• Focusing completely on other person
• Defining self by relationship you have with
  others
• Using partner for emotional needs
• Fearing loneliness and abandonment
• Needing and loving not same

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Romantic Relationships

• Emotional Abuse
• Being manipulation and controlling behavior
• Feeling ashamed of yourself
• Placing unreasonable standards on other
• Forcing compromise

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Romantic Relationships

• Emotional abuse
• Using deceptive ways to control partner
• People disguise true intentions
• Using guilt trips

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Communication Tips

• Express your feelings without attacking
• Listen
• Focus on solving issue not being right
• Agree to disagree and move on
• Be aware of body language and voice tone
• Express true feelings
• Take responsibility for mistakes
• Apologize

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Communication Tips

• Dont invalidate the other persons feelings
• Listen to what is being said

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Any Questions?