2. Family Analogy
Think about how you would describe a
donut to a person who has never seen
one
• What is the first part you explain?
• The hole?
3. Family Analogy
• Think about it this way: the hole is
what we see wrong with our family
• We focus on the missing or
negative parts first
4. Family Analogy
• The best part is the cake part of a
donut, and there is a lot more cake
than hole!
• In our home we need to look for the
positive things happening - family is
the cake and the part that counts!
5. Family Analogy
• We tend to find what we look for.
• Isn’t it better to focus on what you have
instead of what is missing and/or
something you can not change?
• A positive outlook can change the entire
mood of a home and/or people who live
there!
7. Family Definitions
• Family: The basic unit of society. An individual, or
a group of people bonded by marriage, blood, or
other means who have established a household.
• Home: One’s physical residence that serves as a
source of shared energy for family members.
• The family is the soul of the home.
8. Family Relationships
• Parents have the most influence over
you the first 10 years. Why?
• Your dependence on them. To
provide food, clothing, shelter,
etc.
9. Family Relationships
• What about the next 10-20 years?
How and why does the relationship
change?
• To prepare for you to leave
home
• To wean you from dependence
• To begin thinking for yourself -
making your own decisions
10. • Generation: all of the offspring that are
the same stage of decent.
• For example: Moms and daughters
represent 2 generations.
11. Some reasons the 2 generations, you and
your parents, may be at odds with each
other:
• 1. Parents want to protect children
• 2. Children want to be able to make
their own decisions, own mistakes
• 3. Parents have their own concerns
about growing older (their marriage,
caring for their parents, money, job, etc.)
12. • Children may choose to follow the examples set
by their parents. If the do, this is known as
modeling; patterning your ideas, viewpoints, and
behaviors the way someone else lives and the
things they tell you.
• Some choose to do exactly what they have been
taught not to. They may prefer to make their own
mistakes and go against what they know is
expected of them, this is referred to as rebelling;
taking on ideas, attitudes, and behaviors
opposite to those that other people display.
13. Siblings (brothers and sisters) your relationship
depends on:
• a. How many of you there are
• b. Their gender (compared to yours)
• c. Your own birth position
• d. The number of years between each of you
Siblings
14. Grandparents
The role grandparents play in the
family depends on many things:
• Their own health
• Distance between homes
• Attitude - yours and theirs
15. • The following is a not-for-a-grade quiz and a
couple of games to get you thinking about
grandparents / elderly.
• Here is what you will need: 2 pieces of scrap
paper, a timer (http://e.ggtimer.com/), a couple
pieces of tape, a pencil, and a sense of humor
• First read through the quiz, what kinds of
misconceptions do you have about
grandparents / elderly?
16. Old Age Quiz
True or False
Elderly people are too old to hold responsible jobs.
False
They may not be as efficient where physical labor, speed or
concentration are critical but most older workers perform as well as
younger workers.
17. Old Age Quiz
True or False
Elderly people are cute and adorable.
False
Society often perceives older adults as children and treat them that
way.
18. Old Age Quiz
True or False
Elderly people are senile.
False
It is normal for short-term memory to decrease over time and for
information to be processed less efficiently than when they were
young, but most are still “with it” mentally. By age 80, only 6% of the
elderly population is senile.
19. Old Age Quiz
True or False
Elderly people are boring.
False
Old people have a wealth of experience and life stories that most are
willing to share.
20. Old Age Quiz
True or False
Elderly people are in good or excellent health.
True
Most aged people consider their health to be good or excellent most of
the time.
21. Old Age Quiz
True or False
Elderly people are ugly.
False
Our society is very youth-oriented, but that does not mean that
only young people can be beautiful. Old age is a different kind of
beauty, one enhanced by character and wisdom.
22. Old Age Quiz
True or False
True
Older adults have a harder time picking up information because
their eyesight and hearing often decline. The key to thinking
clearly is being an active learner all your life, getting a good
education and being in good health.
Elderly people can think clearly.
23. Old Age Quiz
True or False
Elderly people can learn new things.
True
The older generation is more interested in the arts, creativity,
philosophical, and spiritual than those younger. Many take
classes or do volunteer work.
24. Old Age Quiz
True or False
Elderly people are a burden.
False
Most older people live in their own homes and strive to be just as
independent as possible.
25. Old Age Quiz
True or False
Elderly people spend a lot of time doing very little.
False
Most older people keep as busy as they would like to be pursuing
household chores, hobbies, volunteer work, and social networks.
26. Old Age Quiz
True or False
Elderly people are in nursing homes.
False
What percent do you think are in nursing homes?
The actual number is only 5%.
27. Old Age Test
Instructions:
1. Grab a timer and set it for 2 minutes
(or go here: http://e.ggtimer.com/)
2. Memorize all the items on the next slide, use
only your head, no note taking!
28.
29. Can you remember?
Grab a scrap piece of paper and write
down all the objects you can remember
30. Fly Swatter
Stapler
Tennis Ball
Safety Pin
Pen
Planner
Scissors
USB
Sticky Note
Kleenex
Earrings
Paint Brush
Butterfingers
Chapstick
Book
Paper Clip
Shoe/Sandal
Watch
Camera
Wallet
Thread
Super Glue
Screw Driver
Lotion
Germ X
Keys
Tide Pen
Cell Phone
Ipod
Shoelaces
Ruler
List of objects, how did you do?
31. Using tape - tape your fingers together in the following
manner:
- Pinky and ring fingers together
- Middle and index fingers together
- Do not tape your thumb
32. Arthritis Simulation
• Now let’s see how well you can write!
• Take out a scrap piece of paper.
• Write your first and last name in the top right
hand corner of the paper.
• Number your paper from 1 to 10.
• Answer the following questions.
33. Arthritis Simulation
• 1. Color of shirt are you wearing?
• 2. How many buttons are on your clothes
today?
• 3. What is your favorite vacation spot?
• 4. What is your middle name, if you have
one?
• 5. What color is the sky?
34. Arthritis Simulation
• 6. What is your favorite food?
• 7. How tall are you?
• 8. What color is your hair?
• 9. Do your shoes have laces?
• 10. Was this activity hard?
35. How does it feel?
• That was just a small peak inside some
things your grandparents or the elderly
might be going through.
• Show some respect and compassion to
the older people in your life
• And remember, they were once a
teenager too!
