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6.1 Family Relationships

Christian Religious Education · Grade 8 · 6 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Roles of parents, children and other family members
  • Practices which depict healthy family relationships
  • Causes of conflicts in families today, including peer pressure
  • Solutions to family conflicts; overcoming rebellion against parents
  • How children should relate to parents: Ephesians 6:1-4, Exodus 20:12, Colossians 3:20
  • Five values for harmonious family life; journal and share with a parent or guardian

What you will be able to do

  • outline roles played by different family members
  • identify practices which depict healthy family relationships
  • outline causes of conflicts in families today
  • propose solutions to conflicts facing families today
  • describe ways children should relate to their parents
  • list five values needed to live harmoniously with family members
  • utilize the values listed in their interaction with family members

Key questions

“How do you relate with your family members?”

Lessons

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  1. Roles in the family
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Outline roles of parents, children and other members, with dignity for every kind of Kenyan home.
  2. Healthy family practices
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Identify practices of a healthy family: talk, share work and food, pray, forgive, protect names, keep fair rules.
  3. Causes of family conflict
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Outline six causes of family conflict today, including peer pressure, and debate with respect and no named homes.
  4. Solutions to family conflict
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Propose solutions including calm talk, sorry, fair work, resisting peers, prayer and a trusted adult, and how to overcome rebellion.
  5. How children relate to parents
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read Ephesians 6:1-4, Exodus 20:12 and Colossians 3:20; recite the honour promise; describe respectful relating that does not obey harm.
  6. Five values and a family journal
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    List five values for harmonious family life, journal how to use them, share with a parent or guardian if safe, and answer the inquiry.