http://www.patrickwardphd.com Patrick Ward, Marriage and Family Therapist, Enriching Lives and Building Relationship Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:42:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2007/05/12/traits-of-healthy-families-part-4/ http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2007/05/12/traits-of-healthy-families-part-4/#comments Sat, 12 May 2007 20:49:05 +0000 Patrick Ward http://67.15.157.12/~patrickw/?p=43 This is the fourth installment of a series exploring 15 traits of healthy families, identified by Dolores Curran as vital to family success.  Traits nine through 12 will be covered in this column.  The four traits we’ll examine this month all have to do with boundaries.  In every family, there are physical and relational boundaries.  Healthy families are those that; 9) share responsibilities, 10) have a sense of right and wrong, 11) respect the privacy of one another, and 12) admit to and seek help with problems.   These traits have to do with boundaries between family members, the boundaries of what is morally acceptable, and the boundary between the family and the larger community. Continue

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