Part 1: Recognize the importance of family stress management
Joe and Emily live in Southern California with their three young children. They both work and must travel 2 hours a day on busy highways, often not getting home until 7:30 pm, exhausted and exhausted.
Stressed out, they have little patience for the antics of their
Small children. This results in frequent shouting matches, defiance by children, and an escalation of family tension.
As the above illustrates, stress is often an underlying cause of anger in family members. Sometimes stress is caused by events outside of the family that family members bring into the home. In other cases, the behavior of family members creates stress and tension in the home. In either case, it becomes a problem when parents find themselves constantly yelling at their children or disagreeing with
each other in parenting strategies.
Meanwhile, their children continue to do what they want, or continue to argue and fight among themselves. When left unaddressed, stress becomes a major factor in marital unhappiness and ultimately divorce.
Stress and family members Joe and Emily suffered individual stress symptoms. These included fatigue, irritability, angry outbursts, headaches, and discontent with their lives. They began to feel more and more distant from each other.
Her children were also stressed; tired, irritable, irritable and demanding of attention. They often fought with each other and deliberately did things to get in trouble with their parents.
Symptoms of family stress
Just as individuals can become overburdened and stressed, so can families. To understand how this can happen, we need to remember that families like Joe and Emily’s are the building block of our society (as are most societies).
Part 2: How Empathy Reduces Family Anger
Families are made up of two or more people with shared goals and values and a long-term commitment to each other. Families are supposed to help children learn how to become responsible, successful, happy, and well-adjusted adults.
When this no longer happens due to stress, the family unit becomes dysfunctional, as the family no longer fully, easily, or consistently fulfills its purpose.
individual isolation
We can recognize the dysfunctional family by noticing that parents and children are no longer looking for support, encouragement, guidance, or even love. Such family members may continue to live in the same house, but not feel
emotionally attached to each other. They do not see their family as a warm place to retreat from the stress and demands of the outside world.
Stress-Save your family
Tip #1: Teach your children “resilience”: the ability to manage stress and respond more positively to difficult events. Help your children practice “pick up” by emphasizing the importance of having friends and being a friend; setting new goals and plans to achieve them, and believing in themselves.
Tip #2- Commit to stable family rituals.
Have a way to separate in the morning and reconnect at night; Have a Sunday morning ritual or a Friday night family pizza ritual. Rituals create a sense of security and predictability, both of which are excellent stress buffers.
Tip #3- Model and teach your children conflict resolution skills.
Children learn to manage conflict by watching their peers.
fathers. All couples have conflicts; The best parents model good conflict resolution skills for their children. These skills include compromise, calm discussion, and focus on problem solving. Encourage your children to find a way to
resolve your own conflicts rather than stepping in and punishing one or the other child you think (perhaps mistakenly) is the troublemaker.
Tip #4- Present a “better health” family plan.
This includes proper nutrition, exercise, and adequate sleep each night. The family may also want to look at time management and explore how better time management could reduce personal and family stress.
Tip #5: Minimize criticism and take time to support each other every day.
Excessive criticism is extremely damaging to both children and parents. Emotional support from family members is an extremely important buffer to family stress.