Creating a Collaborative Family

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Purpose Many people wish for the idealistic family where there are no fights and everyone gets along and helps each other, gives as much as they receive and all see things the same way. Well that's not achievable, but living harmoniously as a family is achievable with a few basic priciples. Narrative The theories on how to create a collaborative family atmosphere have a few significant common themes. The first point is that the parent is the lead in the home or in other words the home does not center around the child. The second is that parent does listened and was attentive to their children's needs while still being the lead in the house. The third is that each member of the household must respect everyone else. Parents must be the lead in the household. This means that the parents set the standards, the expectations and the rules that household will exist by. These standards should be high and not “elastic”, they are achievable by all in the family and don't change to meet day to day. Children learn respect when they have rules, they understand that they are being taught to respect limitations and not that the world is not centered around them. These things are important to harmony because respect for other people is core in maintaining relationships with one another. In a home environment where personal space, personal belongings and time is shared so much there must be a lead and then respect for the lead and other followers to have harmony. Parents that listen and are attentive to their child's needs allows for individualism, or what some people call differences, to be tolerated and respected. A clear distinction is made between parents that set high standards while still encouraging each person's special talents and personalities to flourish (as long as they are positive) vs. parents that set strict rules and maintain them because of their

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