You Can Have A Healthy Marriage

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You Can Have A Healthy Marriage
Created by T Stivers Schindewolf Intermediate
State Mandated Course

• PAPA Session 12

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In groups, list as many characteristics as you
can of a healthy marriage.
Check off with my list afterwards.
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Characteristics of Healthy Marriages

1. Commitment
2. Fidelity
3. Acceptance of one another
4. Trust
5. Intimacy, love, and affection

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• 6. Activities and friendships
• 7. Conflict resolution
• 8. Communication
• 9. Lack of violence NONE
• 10. Satisfaction with relationship

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Watch Session 12 video
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Remember A caring boyfriend or girlfriend will
motivate you and support you rather than confine
or control you.
No relationship is perfect!
If a little voice inside you is saying that
something is not right in the relationship,
LISTEN
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Relationship Skills

1. Build and maintain trust discuss expectations,
   honor commitments, respect the others boundaries
2. Communicate Effectively Be honest, listen,
   check understanding, avoid reading minds
   flipping the script
3. Manage Conflict Effectively recognize conflict,
   discuss in private, listen carefully, take a time
   out if tempers build, discuss what to do
   differently next time

SKIP
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Do you think it is possible for teens to marry
and have a successful long-lasting marriage?
Why or why not?
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Do you think having a child before you marry
improves or lessens the chances of a lasting
union ? Why or why not?
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Activity Marriage Facts and Fiction
4 teams Spokesperson per team who must confer
quietly with the team before giving the TEAM
answer Each correct answer gets a point
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In the last 40 years, people have been getting
married at younger and younger ages.
Fiction
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The majority of adults, 21 yrs old and older are
married.
FACT
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Of those adults who are married, most have been
married more than once.

• Fiction

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Over the last 20 years the divorce rate has
continued to climb

• Fiction

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Having a baby while she is single has no impact
on whether a young woman will ever get married.

• Fiction

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Married people or NO happier than single or
divorced people.

• Fiction

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Married people are physically healthier than
those who are not married.

• FACT

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When you get married, you tend to have fewer
financial resources than when youre single.

• Fiction

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Couples are more likely to follow through on
their plans to marry (one year later) when the
fathers continue their education beyond high
school.

• Fact

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Women are more likely than men to end the
relationship because of ongoing conflicts

• FICTION

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On average, children are better off when their
parents are married than when their parents are
single or living together.

• FACT