Health Chapter 17

Name two responsibilities of partners in a healthy marriage.

Love, commitment, compromise, and emotional intimacy.

The benefits of marriage include:

Deep friendship, financial stability, and emotional intimacy.

What is the purpose of premarital education classes.

Premarital education helps couples openly discuss their goals and expectations of marriage. It also helps them confront and work through their differences.

Why is it important for individuals in a relationship to have realistic expectations of each other?

Realistic expectations of one another avoid unfulfilled expectations. Adults learn that a partner has limitations and cannot meet all of each other's needs.

Many marriages fail because:

Poor communication, lack of commitment, and emotional immaturity.

Name four ways in which a teen can cope with a divorce or remarriage in the family.

Separate yourself from your parents' problems, recognize that being mad at parents and loving them at the same time is normal, realize that you are not alone-many teens are going through similar situations, and ask for help.

Describe what is meant by the term parental responsibility.

Parental responsibility is the duty of a parent to provide for the physical, financial, mental, and emotional needs of a child.

The responsibilities of a parent begin when?

Before the child's birth.

Describe the responsibilities of a parent.

Providing for the emotional and physical needs of one's children, including giving love, discipline, and attention: providing food, clothing, and medical care.

What are two important things that family relationships teach us?

How to give love and be loved and what it is like to feel accepted.

List qualities that are necessary for a healthy family.

Communication, respect, commitment, and love.

Explain how family counseling might help families experiencing conflict.

Family counseling can help families experiencing conflict by evaluation problems and helping family members see each other's point of view.