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Subject: Family Questions

Author:
David

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Date Posted: 09:55:43 04/02/07 Mon

Hi,

Here is the list of "Family Questions" I read in class last week. I thought some of you might like a copy.

David

As we know, we're all products of our past, shaped largely by our families...of one sort or another. Here are some questions to ask yourself to help sort out some of this...

1. What kind of family stories were told about relatives and friends?

2. What was the implied message about family rules and expectations, who were you suppose to become, who weren't you supposed to "be"?

3. Who were the good guys and the bad guys filtered through your family?

4. How did you learn about the meaning of male and female?

5. How many of your views today about sex-role expectations correspond to instructions you received in childhood?

6. What were your family's "ten commandments", the shared rules, ideals, and taboos?
---attitudes toward work?
---attitudes toward appearance?
---attitudes toward etiquette?
---attitudes toward disagreeing with others?
---attitudes toward showing your feelings?

7. How did members of your family respond to sickness, death, and adversities?

8. What did you learn in childhood about parenting?
---how adults treat children?
---obligations children owe adults?
---burdens and rewards of child-rearing?

9. What were the family rituals or ceremonies, and how did family members feel about them?

10. How did family deal with conflict and differences?
---acknowledged and resolved?
---left to fester or expressed indirectly?

11. What were the most difficult family situations and how did various members cope?

12. What were the happiest moments, and how were they expressed?

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Family Questions	JaRene (farout and right-on)	14:38:33 04/02/07 Mon

Re: Family Questions	Chris	21:24:41 04/03/07 Tue