“Dr. Nick Stinnett of the University of Nebraska gave a most interesting talk at an annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations. It was titled “Characteristics of Strong Families.” His six points were:
A strong family spends a significant amount of time together while playing, working, eating, or in recreation. Although family members all have outside interests, they find adequate time to spend together.
Strong families have a high degree of commitment to each family member, as indicated not only by the time spent together, but also by their ability to work together in a common cause.
Strong families have good communication patterns, as indicated by the time spent listening and speaking to each other in conversation.
Strong families have a high degree of religious orientation.
Strong families have the ability to deal with crises in a positive way because they have spent time together, are committed to each other, and have good communication patterns.
Strong family members frequently give compliments to each other which are genuine and not superficial. (See “In Search of Strong Families,” in Building Family Strengths: Blueprints for Action, ed. Nick Stinnett, et al., Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979, pp. 23–30.) -L. Tom Perry (1983)
This was copied directly from the talk “Train up a Child” by L. Tom Perry: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1983/04/train-up-a-child?lang=eng
-Sherri Jorgensen
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