Five Characteristics That Make A Healthy Functioning Family

In my opinion, there are more than five characteristics that make a healthy functioning family. Good communication, talking about everyone’s day during dinner (no cell phone use), unconditional love, giving our children attention and giving our spouse’s attention, trust, respect and understanding. Spending quality time together is also important, as well as showing each other appreciation and showing one’s children the meaning of responsibility.

As we read in our book, it is expected, that the families with children will produce "public goods", that those children will grow up to be good citizens who will do great things for the world and that these children pay taxes and vote someday. These children can be members of the private and or public family. Single

We were both given unconditional love and we still get all that from my parents, we are in our mid and late forties. My sister and I grew up to be good people, hard working woman, which we learned from our parents and surrounding families. But I must say that the one thing I could have done without was all their fighting and although my mother denies it, there was domestic abuse which in some way affected us or at least me. There should be no domestic violence; no physical or verbal or mental abuse to have a functional healthy family. In some way, I feel that part of my childhood made me dysfunctional at least during my first marriage. I learned bad behavior from my parents, although I consider them great, they fought a lot and had no respect for each other when it came to arguing. It was normal for me to be disrespectful and cross the line verbally during my first marriage and at the beginning of my second marriage, which thankfully I learned to stop the habits/ behavior that I learned growing