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The Power To Build a Happy and Healthy Home Environment

Healthy family relationships help all members of a family feel safe and connected to one another. While all families go through good and difficult times, a family with healthy relationships is still able to interact with one another in a safe and respectful way. In healthy family relationships, people are able to trust and rely on each other for support, love, affection, and warmth, even during difficult times.

The Power To Build Healthy Family Relationships

When children receive love and support in a warm family environment, they are better able to explore their world, learn new skills, and develop positive relationships. Children who learn the skills of building healthy relationships are more likely to grow up to become confident and resilient individuals.

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Make relationships a priority

Our daily responsibilities are important, but it’s also necessary to spend time with children and other family members, and to be fully present during that time.

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Be affectionate

Positive signs of affection show that you care, and may help develop trust and compassion in the relationship.

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Celebrate little achievements

Make a point of celebrating every day positive things that your child does, such as sharing a toy or playing nicely with a sibling.

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Communicate effectively

The way people talk and listen to each other builds emotional ties and helps clearly emphasize our needs. Ineffective styles of communication, however, can damage relationships.

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Be an active listener

Focus on what children are saying to show that you are genuinely interested. Be sure to pay attention to what is being spoken, as well as what is not being said.

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Lend support to all families

More than 229,000* Ohio children live in homes headed by grandparents and other family members. You can help relatives raising children. You can help families thrive by lending a hand to all families.

*U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

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Access the links below to inform yourself on the issues at hand.

Research & Studies

Relationships That Matter: 5 Keys to Helping Your Child Succeed The Search Institute has created “Family Programs” TO give parents and their adolescent youth an opportunity to learn about keys to positive family relationships. Brain Architecture (A Study From Harvard University) The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University has published research that discusses how early adolescent experiences affect the development of brain architecture and experiences later in life. Info on Early Childhood Mental Health This link provides research from the Center on the Developing Child by Harvard University that discusses the effects of disruptions to the development of a child’s brain and the future of their mental health.

Tools to Help with Stress

10 Simple Skills for Addressing Stress This document contains examples of what may cause stress in an adult or child’s life as well as techniques to handle stress in healthy ways. 7 Tips for Staying Calm Care.com provides strategies for parents and caretakers to effectively manage stress while providing care for a child. Tips to Avoid Parental Burnout Healthline has provided warning signs of burnout and tips to avoid parental burnout to parents or caretakers who are fearful of becoming burned out from parenting. Help yourself This article provides ways to keep babies calm, happy, and emotionally healthy. We can do a lot to protect babies from the effects of toxic stress. Stress and Stress Management for Grown-Ups This website provides examples of warning signs of stress, stress management tips, and resources to help adults maintain a healthy level of stress. 10 Ways to Reduce Single Parent Stress This article provides ways for single parents to reduce stress in their lives as their raise a child alone. How to Avoid Passing Anxiety to Your Kids The Child Mind Institute follows a young mom’s personal account of recognizing anxiety in her children and techniques to model stress tolerance so that anxiety does not get passed down to her children. Discipline Thoughtfully The 10 Principles of Good Parenting is an article that provides tips for dealing with a child’s behavior and building healthy relationships.

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