FCS7-140: Family Vitality Time Together

Sam Quick | Dec. 1, 1997 (Minor Revision)

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FCS7-138: Family Vitality: Characteristics of Strong Families

Sam Quick | May. 20, 1997 (Reprinted)

Living in a family means living with constant change, and change often causes stress. Some families, however, consistently are better than others at coping with the stress that some problems create. Family scientists call these successful families "strong families." Various scales measuring factors such as the quality of the marriage relationship and the quality of parent-child relationships help to distinguish between strong and not-so-strong families.