What is a Healthy Family?

To the best of my knowledge credit for this goes to Dolores Curran (1993)

The 15 most commonly found traits in healthy families:

  • The healthy family communicates and listens
  • The healthy family affirms and supports
  • The healthy family teaches respect for others
  • The healthy family develops a sense of trust
  • The healthy family has a sense of play and humour
  • The healthy family shares responsibility
  • The healthy family teaches right and wrong
  • The healthy family has a strong sense of kinship with many traditions
  • The healthy family has a balance of interaction
  • The healthy family has a shared religious core
  • The healthy family respects the privacy of one another
  • The healthy family values service to others
  • The healthy family fosters family table time and conversations
  • The healthy family shares leisure time
  • The healthy family admits to problems and seeks help

Dave and I have one more item to add to this list. Obviously a healthy family is one in which God is at the centre.

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