Seven Ways to Keep the Peace at Home

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7 Ways To Keep The Peace At Home I am generally convinced by Dr. Sugarman’s thesis in 7 ways to keep the peace at home, that “although conflicts may be so ingrained for some families that outside professional help is needed, certain principles of family first aid can go a long way in reducing friction for most families. Here are three steps that I have found to be helpful for diminishing family tension.” The author in “clinical practice” provides important commentary from his experience. He saw “hundreds of families” that went through these “conflicts.” Most of the time they been at their worst. The world can be a tough place with tough people in it. “Explosions” will often happen in families. It is up to the adults to “understand” and “learn” there is not perfect family. It is an idea, a model that you can achieve with “mutual needs” and destructive ways. There are descent people out there but you wouldn’t believe that by the way they act. The authors representative extended example “father daughter” he was effective with his dignosis because the “seven year old girl” was a “full fledged hypochondriac” until her father came to see the physician. The father was to “involved” with work that his daughter had to act sick to get his full attention, yes it’s a shame for someone who is actually healthy but is convinced she is sick to get attention from her father, and what makes it worst she’s a 7 year old kid. How can he not know he was hurting her! He needs to learn about his own behavior, and that’s what Dr. Sugarman did for him. He wouldn’t have realized it unless he showed him. Sometimes somebody has to show you what you’re doing wrong for you to see it clearly. The power of the unconscious is to harm you or help you. It’s not just about one person needs and once he learned his behavior she got better. I am generally convinced by Dr. Sugar man’s main idea

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