People come up with many different ideas about what makes a functional
or dysfunctional family. However, there is a believe that there is one main one
for each. Here they are.
Communication: one of the top key elements to a functional sane family.
Without it, chaos is set loose. Clear communication is a life skill that should
start at a young age with “Yes, Dad, I hear you,” or “Yes, Mom, I understand.”
It’s address respect and clarity. With communication comes the building of
trust in relationships. It is a tool that is ingrained in every functional
family.
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| Dysfunctional family |
On the contrary, a dysfunctional family is made up of avoiding
conflict. Because communication is absent there is no clarity. When conflict
arises, because of lack of communication, people shut down, they don’t take the
blame, and walk off not wanting to get the backlash. They avoid conflict of any
kind, shape, or form. And because of it, there is no respect for those who are
hurting. Conflict can be a two different preferences or a mental struggle
within. Which ever the case, in a dysfunctional family one will either avoid
voicing their disagreeing opinion or refuse to think through their personal
battles. Avoiding conflict is like a disease that needs to be treated.
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| Functional family |
Now, there is no such thing as the perfect family, ever. Families can
be happy and intelligent, or glum and thoughtless, (and everything in between
and mixed,) but both have been found under the dysfunctional category as well
as the functional one. It would be a lie if someone said they love conflict.
Even in functional families, not everyone ones wants to work through difficulties
because to be frank, it’s easier not too. But functional families do, because
they learn from them and become better people because of it. Not every
functional family remembers to communicate either. The fact is, whether people
are related to a functional family or not, communication is priority as well as
working through conflicts, and it’s something they should practice.
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