Healthy Relationships
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Additional Resources
- Share your values by the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Teaching values to young children by My Young Child (stories and discussion questions on subjects such as sharing, respect, and responsibility).
- How to raise a good citizen by PBS Parents.
- Teaching your child to be respectful (video) by Great Schools.
- Raise respectful boys, not macho men by the CT Clearinghouse.
- Raising girls: School and social life by PBS Parents.
- Parent-teen relationships or Relación entre padres e hijos adolescentes by Planned Parenthood/Tools for Parents or Planned Parenthood/Herramientas para Padres.
- Keeping teens healthy by setting boundaries or Cuidar la salud de los adolescents por medio de límites by Planned Parenthood/Tools for Parents or Planned Parenthood/Herramientas para Padres.
- Families are talking: Friendship, dating, and love or La familia habla: Amistades, citas y amor by SIECUS.
- Color it rights! by CBU Children’s Rights Centre.
While every family is different, characteristics of healthy family relationships include:1
- Support, love, and caring for family members
- Security and a sense of belonging
- Open communication
- Each person in the family feels important, valued, and respected
Healthy family relationships prepare children to cultivate healthy relationships with people outside their families, throughout the course of their lives.
In order to understand healthy relationships, your children must first understand what boundaries are, and how to set them, respect others’, and understand their purpose.
Go to Healthy Relationships: Understanding Boundaries
Or go to Healthy Relationships: Respecting Others
1. See Normal functioning family by American Academy of Pediatrics.