“No two children grow up with the same parents.” Why not?

Lori Peterson’s daughter was failing her Chemistry class her senior year and had to drop it. Lori reassured her that dropping a class is perfectly okay, and she can take it in the summer when she can focus all her efforts on it. She told her daughter that she loves her and was proud of her accomplishments. What role function was Lori enacting?

Whenever Lori or her husband  tell each other “I love you,” the other will automatically respond “Same here” (an inside joke about how Milo responded the first time Lori told him she loved him).  This is an example of a(n) ________ couple ritual.

According to Carter & McGoldrick’s “family stress model,” violence, addictions, depression, and lack of spirituality may be stressors that affect which level of the model?

Providing for individual development, providing for kinship maintenance, and providing basic resources are all examples of:

Family ________exist between family members (internal) and between the family unit and the outside world (external).

Trust serves as the foundation for self-disclosure.

Which one of the following examples illustrates confirming communication?

The following description of a couple is an example of a ________ ritual?  “Lori’s husband always makes fun of her cooking in front of the extended family.  He’s done it for years even after Lori —and other people—told him it wasn’t funny.”  

Lori Peterson’s son Milo recently texted her a message and ended by saying “I love you.”  Touched, by hearing from her favorite son, Lori deposited some money into his bank account. Positive verbal statements, staying in touch, and money are all examples of relational ____________.