Premise: 1.
95% of all families are dysfunctional
2.
50% of all marriages end in divorce
3.
The leading cause of divorce is poor communication
4. Children are a mirror of their
surroundings
*
You learn to be a wife/husband by observing
Your parents
*
You learn your roles from your family
*
The function of parents is to:
a.
Teach their children right from
Wrong
b.
Socialize their children
c.
Be a consultant to your child
5.
To love, in a healthy way, one must have self-love
This is a course designed to incorporate
all of the above premises.
It will cover May areas:
1.
Families and family types and life’s stages
2.
How family members communicate with one another
3.
The impact of family on sense of self
*How
communication leads to developing a sense of self
4.
Raising one’s self esteem
5.
Learning to communicate on a more effective level
6.
Better understanding of self-
*Why
we make the choices we make
7.
Why we choose the mate we do
*How
to make better choices
8.
Dating and its highs and lows
GRADING:
1.
Journal/ notebook
2.
Writing about self
3. Participation in class discussions
4.
Project
This is a Mother’s Day project that culminates the work
Done in class on family and self.
