There is a transactional relationship between teenagers and their parents
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.: 'Jane Howard "Families"'
Parental control
How parents manage their children's behavior which may range from overly demanding to giving hardly any rules or demands
Parental warmth
Whether parents are accepting and responsive or rejecting and unresponsive to their children
Authoritarian parenting style
Express little affection and warmth to their children, strict and disciplinarians who are punitive and rigid with their rules
Permissive parenting style
Warm, however, they set no clear rules for their children
Authoritative parenting style
Firm and warm, set limits with their children, explain and reason to their children which help clarify the rules with them, actively listen to their children, allow question and entertain ideas from them
Uninvolved/Neglectful parenting style
Express little interest in their children, do not put demands on their children and they only see themselves as providers of clothing, food, and shelter, emotionally detached, minimizing their interaction time and at some point, are guilty of neglect
Family structures
Nuclear family
Single-parent family
Extended family
Stepfamily
Grandparent family
Ways of improving family relationships
Communicate
Learn to appreciate
Share activities
Be committed
Show support to each other
Accept each member as he/she is
Communion in mission means that whatever understanding we have of relationships in the Church or mission in a communion of churches, communion is inseparable from and indeed is expressed in Christian mission. We discover our communion with our family members in mission and our mission is to spread communion in Christ, ultimately with the whole of creation.