Families

Family: Group of people that are related by birth, marriage, adoption, or the choice to live and love each other

Family rules: family patterns of interacting with each other and spoken or unspoken determinants of what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior within a family

Schemas: core beliefs and attitudes in the brain about people, relationships, and the world that form our thoughts and perceptions

Family schemas: a template for how we make sense of our lives; learned from early childhood interactions

Family rituals: things families do regularly together

• What Role Do You Play in Your Family?

  Some of us play traditional roles in our families, and some of us defy normal expectations. Let's find out what role you really play in your family with this quiz from How Stuff Worlks.

• Dysfunctional Family Role Quiz

  Discover which dysfunctional role you play in your family.

ACTIVITIES

• Learn How to Build Resiliency in Your Child

  Learn the definition of resiliency and use this checklist to find out what builds resiliency in children.

• Identify Your Family Role

  Learn about the fixed and rigid roles that develop when families become unhealthy or dysfunctional. 

• Resiliency Quiz

  Teach children the aspects of resiliency by taking a quiz.

LINKS

• Strategies to Prevent ACEs

  Read research about preventing Adverse Childhood Events from the CDC's website.

ORGANIZATIONS

• CDCs Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Research

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) research describes how ACEs affect lifelong development. 

• NIH Health Brain and Child Development Study

  NIH initiative to help researchers and clinicians address a critical gap in our knowledge of how environmental exposures, especially opioid and other drug use, affect infant and child brain development.

READING & RESEARCH

• Troubled Family Life Changes Kids Brains

  Article in Scientific American by Ian Chant about the effects of family problems on the developing brain. 

• Resilience: A Meta-Analytic Approach

  This study investigated the relationship between psychological resilience and its relevant variables by using a meta-analytic method. The results indicated that the largest effect on resilience was found to stem from the protective factors, a medium effect from risk factors, and the smallest effect from demographic factors.

Family: Group of people that are related by birth, marriage, adoption, or the choice to live and love each other

Family rules: family patterns of interacting with each other and spoken or unspoken determinants of what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior within a family

Schemas: core beliefs and attitudes in the brain about people, relationships, and the world that form our thoughts and perceptions

Family schemas: a template for how we make sense of our lives; learned from early childhood interactions

Family rituals: things families do regularly together

Take a Resiliency Quiz

Learn the aspects of resiliency as you take a quiz to find out "How resilient am I?"

ACTIVITIES

• Take a Resiliency Quiz

  Learn the aspects of resiliency as you take a quiz to find out "How resilient am I?"

LINKS

• The Resilience Workbook for Teens

  The Resilience Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Gain Confidence, Manage Stress, and Cultivate a Growth Mindset by Cheryl M. Bradshaw (2019)

ORGANIZATIONS

• DoSomething.Org

  As the largest not-for-profit exclusively for young people and social change.

RESEARCH & READINGS

• A Teenager's Guide to Dealing with Family Tension

  Tips for confronting and coping with drama.