Introduction
Dysfunctional families may be known as "abnormal" but truth be told; every family has some type and severity of dysfunction. Dysfunction in family is ironically normal. People that live in extremely or even mildly dysfuntional homes and families have obstacles and impacts to go right along with it. In this WebQuest you will go on a journey of discovering those obstacles, how to overcome them, recognizing dysfuntional cycles, and how to break those cycles as well.
Task
Your tasks will be to;
- Evaluate the level of dysfunction that occurs in your family
- Understand the impacts dysfunction has on families and how you can overcome those
- Remember and thoroughly analyze/think about the cycle of dysfunction and how it applies to your life
- Learn how to break that cycle
- AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BREAK THE CYCLE OF DYSFUNCTION IN YOUR OWN HOME!!!
Process
1. (Evaluating the level of dysfuntion in your family)
Click on these links that dicuss levels of dysfunction and decide what level your family qualifies as.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysfunctional_family
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01926187708250252?journalCode=uaft19
2. (Understand the impacts dysfunction has on families and how you can overcome those)
Look at these pages and learn about dysfunctions curses, then how to overcome them
http://zencaroline.blogspot.com/2009/02/dysfunctional-family-and-overcome.html
http://www.aaets.org/article60.htm
3. (Remember and thoroughly analyze/think about the cycle of dysfunction and how it applies to your life)
Analyze the cycles described in these links and make connections from them and your own life.
http://www.ucg.org/christian-living/can-you-break-cycle-generational-dysfunction/
http://www.tomorrowsedge.net/breaking-the-dysfunctional-family-patterns.html
4. (Learning to break that cycle)
Read articles in link and learn steps and methods to breaking dysfunctional family cycle.
http://www.boundless.org/adulthood/2014/8-steps-to-break-a-cycle-of-family-dysfunction
http://familyshare.com/be-the-change-breaking-the-cycle-of-family-dysfunction
www.rebeccastanwyck.com/Parenting_to_break_the_cycle.pdf
http://www.visualizationworks.com/breaking-the-cycle-of-dysfunction-the-buck-stops-here/
http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/tvshowblog/breaking-the-cycle-of-dysfunctional-living/
http://www.stillwaterscounseling.com/Family_Dysfunction_breaking_the_cycle.pdf
Evaluation
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Didnt learn or attempt to learn anything about dysfunction in families |
Tried to, but didn't learn much about dysfunction in families | Learned about dysfunction in families to an exceptional extent | Learned a lot about family dysfuntion and could identify it in your own family |
| Didnt learn or attempt to learn anything about impacts of family dysfunction | Tried to, but didnt learn much about impacts of dysfuntion in a family. | Learned about impacts of dysfunction in families to an exceptional extent | Learned a lot about impacts of dysfuntion on families and could teach to somebody else |
| Didnt learn or attempt to learn anything about the cycle of dysfunction and how to break it | Tried to, but didnt learn much about cycle of dysfuntion anf how to break it | Learned about cycle of dysfuntion and how to break it to an exceptional extent | Learned a lot about cycle of dysfunction and how to break it. Can help somebody else break it or break it in your own family |
Conclusion
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You are now an expert on dysfunctional families! :)
You will now be able to identify dysfunction in other families or families of your own and the extent of their dysfunction. You can also teach or analyze yourself the impacts that dysfunction can have on families. You will also be able to help yourself or others break the cycle of dysfunction in either the current or next generation.
Thank you for coming on this journey or realization and education, may your dysfunction be cured ;)