The document discusses the causes and effects of broken families on children. It lists several effects of divorce such as making children insecure from losing their complete family, causing lack of confidence and disinterest in school. Death and misconceptions between family members are also cited as causes of broken families. The document then provides tips for avoiding family conflict such as resolving differences, defeating selfishness, pursuing peace through confrontation and forgiveness. Finally, it outlines 13 tips for strengthening family relationships such as spending quality time together, sharing responsibilities, and having shared values.

1. The CAUSES and
EFFECTS of broken
families to the
Children.

2. EFFECTS
 Divorce is the hardest challenge that can be happen to a couple
especially, if they kids. Not only that it is painful for them on that
moment that their parents are getting a divorce.
1. A broken home can make a child insecure. Insecure in a sense that
he no longer had a complete family, he can call his own.
2. The insecurities , self-doubt, and lack of confidence in a child can
eventually make him uninterested in school.
3. Sometimes a child’s reaction to his parents announcement of a
divorce is not visible.

3. EFFECTS
4. Although, lets say one parent is still guiding his child , sometimes the
traumatic of a divorce is just to much for a child to handle that he
may even lost interest in life itself.

4. CAUSES
1. Parents divorce: In anytime, anywhere, and anyhow, divorce is not
healthy for a family . But it happen divorce is claimed to be the
main reason behind broken family.
2. Death: It is obvious that death reduces the family strength.
3. Misconception between family members: Apart from divorce
parents and death, their can be a family problem cause by
misconception between the members in the home.
4. Unconditional administration
 Failure in administration in the family is one cause for the breaking
up of the family .

5. CAUSES
 Parental or friends influence
 another reason why family has broken up because of parental or
friends influence.

6. Helpful tips on how to
avoid and overcome
conflict in the family

7. Step one
 Resolving conflict requires knowing accepting, to your
difference.
- One reason we have conflict in marriage is that
opposite attracts. Usually a task oriented individual marries
someone who is more people-oriented.

8. Step two
 Resolving conflict requires defeating selfishness.
 All of our differences are magnified in marriage
because they feed what is undoubtedly the biggest
source of the conflict our selfish, sinful nature.

9. Step three
 Resolving conflict requires pursuing the other person
 Romans 12:18 says “ It is possible as much as it depends
on you, live peaceably with all men”. The longer I live
the longer I realize how difficult those words are for
many couples. Living peaceably means pursuing
peace.

10. Step four
 Resolving conflict requires loving confrontation.
 Wordsworth said, “He who has a good friend needs no
mirror. “ Blessed is the marriage where both spouses feel
the other is a good friend who will listen, understand,
work through any problem or conflict, to do this well
takes loving confrontation.

11. Step five
 Resolving conflict requires forgiveness
 No matter how hard two people to love and please
each other, they will fail. With failure comes hurt. And
the only ultimate relief for hurt is the soothing solve of
forgiveness.

12. Step six
 Resolving conflict requires returning blessing for an insult
 First Peter 3:8-9 says “ To sum up all of you be
harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind-hearted, and
humble in spirit, not returning evil for evil or insulting for
insulting, but giving a blessing instead, for you were
called for the very purpose that you might inherit a
blessing.

13. 13 tips on how to
strengthen family
relationship

14. Tip #1
All families can be strong and healthy
 In 1950, the typical family consist of a working father, at
home a mother, and at least two children. But
conditions have change and so many families. Most still
have the picture of the “ideal” family as the kind existed
in the 50’s.

15. Tip #2
Healthy families spend “prime time” together
Strong families set aside “prime
time” to be together, families
build up a reserve of good
feelings.

16. Tip #3
Strong families build connections with other families an people.
The extended family –
grandparents and other relatives
is a significant source of support
for most families.

17. Tip #4
Strong families plan for change.
A family does not have to wait for
things to happen. They can make
them happen some conditions are
beyond our control –weather,
disasters, and disease.

18. Tip #5
In healthy families, members are committed.
Are you proud of your family?
Another indicator of a strong family is
that members are proud to be the
family. They are committed to each
other and the family as a unit.

19. Tip #6
Healthy families share responsibility.
It is important that all members of the
family be involved in decision
making. Children need to be given
opportunities to make decisions to
participate in family decision.

20. Tip #7
Strong families have shared values and beliefs.
It is important in family
members to sort out and
clarify the things they prize,
cherish, and believe.