Describe A Functional Family

What is a functional family and how does it relate to a well-maintained relationship? How do we keep relationships functioning properly? How can we describe a functional family, when all families are different? Our text book explores several different types of families. They are consensual, pluralistic, protective and laissez-faire. A functional family can be any of the different types, but a well-maintained family is nurturing, loving, committed, and have positive communication. Well-maintained families are adaptable to positive and negative differences. Each family member has a role, it could be position-oriented or person oriented. Well-maintained families have rituals. They have family discussion times, do family vacations, openly communicate, and they usually know their individual role in that structure. My husband and I have been married for thirty-two years. Our parents were married until death. We have based our relationship on trust and commitment because we saw it through our parents. So, I will use my family to describe three specific examples of caring behaviors. We are a normal consensual family. Our family is a blended family. When T. J. and I married we, both brought a child into the relationship. T. J. had a son who was less than three months

We were a very active family. Our son Jason was very active in sports. We made sure we were there to cheer him on and encourage him to do well. We placed a priority on their social, psychological, and emotional well-being. We made holidays special and birthdays. We traveled extensively because my husband was in the military. When planned our trips as a family. Other Military families around us became our family. We have always been a good distance from our biological families, so we developed strong bonds with families where we lived. We have friends that are closer to us than our