HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIONSHIPS

• Relationship: a bond or connection you have with other people• Acquaintance• Casual Friend• Friend• Best Friend• Boyfriend/Girlfriend• Marriage• Family• Parent• Child• Sibling

ACCORDING TO ABRAHAM MASLOW…

• Everyone needs to be loved and to belong.

• Each of us also needs to feel safe, secure, valued, and recognized.

• Relationships provide these basic human needs

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS CAN…

• Help you become a better person

• Give you someone to talk to when you’re having problems

• Help relieve stress

• Make life more enjoyable

ROLES

• Role: a part you play in many relationships

BRAD PITT VIDEO CLIPS

• Brad Pitt is just one person, but he has played many different roles. Is that true for all of us?

• Do we all play different roles in the relationships we have throughout our lives?

• Do the roles we play ever change?

MRS. EVANS’S ROLES

•Wife•Sister•Daughter•Friend•Student•Teacher•Aunt

•Coach•Church Member•Cook•Maid•Tenant

What are roles you play?

INGREDIENTS FOR A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP

• Self Respect• Respect for Others

RESPECT FOR OTHERS

• Listen to other people

• Be considerate of other’s feelings

• Develop mutual trust

• Be realistic in your expectations

TRAITS OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

• Mutual Respect• Treat others with respect, they’ll respect you in return

• Caring• Treat others with kindness and consideration.• Be empathetic

• Honesty• Honest and open with others, rather than concealing

thoughts, feelings or actions

• Commitment• Contribute to the relationship and work to keep it strong,

may require sacrifices.

• Trustworthiness:• Doing what you say

you will do

• Responsibility:• borrow something

breaks you replace it.

• Fairness:• -taking turns,

sharing

• Caring:• Sympathy, empathy

• Citizenship:• Helping neighbors,

shoveling walks etc.

• Respect:• Listen when

someone is talking,

CHARACTER AND RELATIONSHIPS

UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS

Stereotyping: making an exaggerated or oversimplified judgments about people who belong to a certain group.

Prejudice: an unfair opinion or judgment of a particular group of people.

Bullying: deliberately harming or threatening other people who cannot easily defend themselves.

Hazing: making others perform certain tasks in order to join the group.

SKILLS FOR A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP

• Communication• Exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two

or more people.

• Cooperation• Working together for the good of all

• Compromise• Problem-solving method in which each participant gives

up something to reach a solution that satisfies everyone.• Parents Cooperation/Compromise Challenge

RELATIONSHIP BANK ACCOUNT

We have a different bank account with every person we have a relationship with.

The quality of our relationships depends on how many deposits and withdrawals we make in each account.

When there are significant “funds” in our bank accounts, an occasional withdrawal will not damage the relationship.

Minimize withdrawals and make generous deposits on a regular basis.

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