YOGYAKARTA Family is the foundation of our lives, where we feel safe, loved, and respected. In everyday dynamics, healthy family relationships become a force that helps us face the challenges of life. Although healthy family relationships have different elements in each family, they generally respect personal opinions and needs, show respect, and the following is explained which marks a healthy relationship in the family.

Both emotional and physical boundaries, need to be appreciated for every family member. For example, children and family members have privacy, which must be understood and respected. In practice, in a healthy family parents do most of the emotional work with their children by exemplifying empathy, self-control, and proper behavior in responding to emotions or stress. Children in this case play a role in learning.

Everyone is allowed to have and express opinions. Likewise in the family, where everyone's opinion can be expressed and must be respected by every family member. Quoting Psychology Today, Tuesday, June 3, in a family that doesn't provide much space for dissent, it's natural that their children grow up to be adults who don't know who they are. This marks the importance of giving each family member space to express their opinion even though the final decision makes use of certain considerations.

Each family has different rules. But rules if inconsistent or not age-appropriate will create a confusing and chaotic environment. Children are still growing and learning, so caregivers' hopes for them should not be the same as their expectations for themselves or other adults.

All family members care about the health and well-being of others. But in fulfilling it, it needs to be done at the age of age. For example, parents pay emotional attention to children, not the other way around. So as much as possible every family member tries to fulfill the recovery of other family members.

Children in healthy families feel safe in learning, growing, even when making mistakes. Relationships in healthy families, have a healthy understanding of mistakes as well. They do not threaten security and safety. According to psychotherapist and author of Healing from Parental Administration and Neglect, Kaytee Gillis, LSCW., the love in the family is unconditional.

Healthy families understand that everyone makes mistakes and learns to grow. That means, healthy families understand how to be safe and right in dealing with conflict. These families explore mistakes to understand and improve themselves, instead of embarrassing others for them.

That's what marks a healthy relationship in the family. Please note, a healthy family relationship is not something that just happens; it is the result of continuous business, communication, and love.


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