Assignment: Family Relations
1) Discuss why communication is the heart of healthy family life.
2) What factors in recent years have increased the individual sense of alienation and loneliness? Illustrate from your own experience.
3) Discuss the effects of expressions of love, both verbal and non-verbal.
4) What keeps some people from expressing love?
5) What do the authors say about the problem for both boys to learn expressions of love and intimacy?
6) Explain the difference between how mothers and fathers typically express love toward sons and daughters.
7) Summarize the discussion on expressing love in marriage.
8) Summarize and explain what the authors call "a biblical model for expressiveness."
9) Discuss four levels of conflict that typically damage family relationships.
10) What forms of denial often occur in family conflict?
11) List and comment briefly on the fourteen rules of fair fighting.
12) Describe each of the various styles of conflict management.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.