Title: Describe healthy relationships.
Course: Family Relations (19259-18) > Section: Relating to Others in Positive, Caring Ways

Description should include

- types of relationships
- differentiation among healthy, unhealthy, and abusive relationships and examples of these
- communication skills that contribute to caring, respectful, responsible, collaborative, and empowering relationships
- the importance of listening and perspective-taking
- the role of media and social media/mobile devices
- ethics that guide behavior in interpersonal relationships.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships?
- What are signs that a relationship is (or is not) caring, respectful, and responsible?

Communication

- What are different types of communication? How are they interpreted?
- What is the role of communication in forming and maintaining caring, respectful, and responsible relationships?
- How can one relate to others in positive and caring ways?
- How can social media affect communication in relationships both positively and negatively?

Leadership

- How does cooperation help build caring, respectful, and responsible relationships?
- What strategies may be effective in building caring, respectful, and responsible relationships?

Management

- What factors contribute to caring, respectful, and responsible relationships?
- What are the consequences of having caring, respectful, and responsible relationships? Of not having caring, respectful, and responsible relationships?