A healthy family…

1. Communicates and listens.
2. Affirms and supports one another.
3. Teaches respect for others.
4. Develops a sense of trust
5. Has a sense of play and humor
6. Exhibits a sense of shared responsibility
7. Teaches a sense of right and wrong
8. Has a strong sense of family in which rituals and traditions abound
9. Has a balance of interaction among members
10. Has a shared religious core
11. Respects the privacy of one another
12. Values service of others
13. Fosters table time and conversation
14. Shares leisure time
15. Admits to and seeks help with problems.

Delores Curran, Traits of a Healthy Family
Ballantine Books, New York, 1983

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