The quality of the family relationship is more important than family configuration (结构). A healthy family relationship is the base of a happy family.
A family with a healthy relationship requires every single family member’s commitment. Family members hold family as a top priority (优先考虑的事) and consider the impact on relatives before making important decisions. Family members are dependable and always there for each other in times of crisis.
A characteristic of healthy family relationship is that they spend time doing enjoyable activities together.
| A．Therefore, members do not feel they are on their own |
| B．Family members share everything they have with each other |
| C．Respect is an important characteristic of healthy family relationships |
| D．It provides members with the support and encouragement that they need |
| E．Family members tend to select activities that help the family to grow closer |
| F．It is important to keep in mind that each family member is a unique individual |
| G．Families with healthy relationships engage in positive and meaningful communication |
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【推荐1】Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing?
Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.
“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Maroon 5 album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”
Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.
Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of mutual trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.
But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”
Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic(民主的) process that encourages everyone to have a say.
“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side. ” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”
1. Which of the following indicates that the generation gap is disappearing?| A．Parents share more interests with their children. |
| B．Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs. |
| C．Parents and children get involved in the same activities. |
| D．Parents believe in their children's abilities more than before. |
| A．More confusion among parents. |
| B．Less gratitude to parents from children. |
| C．New equality between parents and children. |
| D．More strictness and expectations of parents. |
| A．Today’s parents can set a limit to the change. |
| B．Today’s parents follow the trend of the change. |
| C．Today’s parents don’t take the change seriously. |
| D．Today’s parents can hardly adjust to the change. |
【推荐2】Raising teenagers can be both difficult and rewarding(有回报的). They are becoming young adults. Almost all teenagers will have some behavioral outbursts(爆发) with their families during this period of life.
Have meals together. Mealtime is when we check in with each other.
Find time to have fun together! What do you both enjoy? Playing chess? Going to the ballet? Volunteering in your community? Take time to have fun and enjoy each other’s company. No one wants the attention of people they love to be focused only on what not to do. This is true for teenagers, too.
| A．Talk with your teen. |
| B．Never try to control your child. |
| C．Parents have a role in keeping their teens safe. |
| D．Relaxing together helps them feel loved and valued. |
| E．This can be hard to do with busy schedules, but it is important. |
| F．Some teens learn this by playing in music bands or team sports. |
| G．But strong relationships can help teens and their parents through hard times. |
【推荐3】Researchers from the University of Western Australia recently studied 3,000 middle and high school students. Among them were 618 teenagers with one parent who lived away from home for long periods of time because of work. The researchers wanted to know how the work of these “fly-in, fl1y-out” parents might influence the health of their children.
A higher percentage (比例) of teenagers who experienced the long work absence of a parent had emotional (情感的) or behavioral problems compared with those whose parents worked more traditional hours. This supports earlier research finding high percentages of emotional problems in teenagers who often returned to an empty house after school or whose parents were seldom at dinner.
Findings also suggest that parents don’t have to be home all the time to be present in their children’s lives, but it helps to be home at certain times. And the best parental presence for a teenager may sometimes be like a potted (盆栽的) plant.
Many parents of teenagers have known this to be true and find ways to be present without trying to start a conversation. One friend of mine quietly does housework each evening in the sitting room where her teenagers watch TV. They enjoy each other’s company without the need to talk. Another friend usually accepts his daughter’s invitation to work or read nearby while she sits and does her homework. Perhaps, that, at least for some families, is the best way for a teenager and their parents to stay close.
In fact, many years of research suggest that children use their parents as a safe base (基地，大本营) from which to explore the world. Studies tell us that young children quietly follow their parents’ movements from room to room, even while going on with their own activities. Perhaps our teens, like babies, feel most at ease when their parents are still around. They don’t want to stay away from parents who allow them freedom.
A new school year is at hand, so as parents we could offer our teenagers a “potted flower”, as a gift, whose quiet and steady (稳定的) presence will give them a great day.
1. What did the study find about the 618 teens?| A．They had more dinners with their parents. |
| B．They were more prepared to help themselves. |
| C．They showed more dislike for traditional working hours. |
| D．They were more likely (可能的) to have trouble with their feelings. |
| A．She doubts them. |
| B．She supports them. |
| C．She is worried about them. |
| D．She cares little about them. |
| A．They want their parents’ presence. |
| B．They want their parents to be safe. |
| C．They want more freedom from parents.. |
| D．They show more interest in new activities. |
| A．Teens Want Potted Plant Parents |
| B．Your Kids Still Need Conversation |
| C．Quiet Families Raise Healthier Teenagers |
| D．Parents Know Little About Today’s Teenagers |
