All families experience times of conflict. As lengthy
as these times are succeeded astutely and determination is achieved, family the battle is nothing to be concerned about. However, if a conflict occurs
frequently, usually turns into something resembling World War 3 or you are
generally unable to reach a satisfactory outcome, it is vital to find the
causes of your conflicts and determine to deal with them come what may.
With Christmas just around the corner and family
conflict often reaching absolute crisis point at that time of year, I thought
I'd post the following for you just as a little reminder:
Some
years ago I heard about research (involving close to 20,000 families) that was
conducted in an effort to discover what people believe constitutes a strong
family.
The 6 major qualities were identified as
follows:
- Commitment
- Appreciation
and affection
- Effective
communication
- Quality
time spent together
- Successful
stress and crisis management
- Spiritual
unity
A few hints on how this might work:
Commitment is:
* A
promise and decision of implication and permanent value.
*
Dangling in there when the going gets tough.
*
Walking life’s expedition together through thick and thin.
*
Supporting family members when they are having a rough time.
Appreciation and affection are:
*
Caring deeply for all family members and expressing this frequently.
*
Showing family members through our actions how much they mean to us.
* Being
available to and showing respect for all family members in good times and in
bad.
*
Physical demonstrations our love.
Effective communication is:
A two-way street that
has a number of components. It requires an ability to verbalize our thoughts
and feelings in a non-threatening way and a willingness to listen in a way that
lets others know they’ve been heard and understood.
It
requires an openness to others’ experience, an ability to acknowledge their
opinions (whether we share them or not), a tolerance for differences and, last
but not least, the courage to deal with conflict. These components can be
specified as follows.......
Quality time spent together:
We
spend time with whom and on what we value. A thousand disputes won’t be as
effective as eminence time spent together...
Spending
time with our family says: “I enjoy your company”, “I want to be with you”,
“You are more important to me than my golf buddies” If, however, they – or
anything/anyone else - take precedence over our loved ones and usually come
first, the message our family receives is loud and clear and it’s a very
painful message – others matter more!!
Remember: “Families who play together, stay together!”
Remember: “Families who play together, stay together!”
Successful stress and crisis management:
None of
us can escape the stresses of the world we live in, but some families deal much
better with them than others. Families that manage stress more effectively are
usually headed by a couple who:
* Have a
strong and committed relationship.
* Have
strong values.
* Are good
role models for their children.
* Have the firm, but flexible family boundaries.
* Have
realistic expectations.
* Have
good conflict resolution skills.
Spiritual Unity:
Spirituality
can be a great bonding agent. Spirituality, whilst meaning different things to
different people, usually is focused on a power that is greater than us.
Spending time together in discussing, exploring and communing with our Higher
Power can be a great foundation for family unity. It can be the basis of our
value system and provide the guidelines by which we lead our families.
If I miss out some points, you can suggest me in the comment
box.
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