BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING THE FAMILY CULTURE
Training Objectives:
At the end of the training on “BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING THE FAMILY CULTURE.” the participants will be able to:
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Understand the concept of Family Dynamics and how this affects relationships between and among family members”
Identify ways to improve family relationships, using the principles of Habit 1: Be Proactive
Begin to draft their family mission statement, identified their family values and a family vision board
Draft an initial financial security plan for their family.
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SESSION OBJECTIVES
CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS
Program Introduction
Expectation Setting
TEACHING AND LEARNING
METHODOLOGY
Activity 1: using Meta cards,
participants will be made to
answer the following questions:
1. What I expect to learn from
this training is....
2. What I expect from the
trainors and resource
persons are.....
3. To contribute to the success
of this training, I will.....
Activity 2: Each family member
will accomplish a Family Wellness
Assessment
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SESSION OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session, the
participants will be able to:
1. Understand the concept of
family dynamics
2. Recognize the dynamics
within their own family
3. Understand, define and
demonstrate proactive
communication
4. Become aware and
understand the different
types of personalities to
avoid conflicts resulting from
ineffective communication.
At the end of the session, the
participants will be able to:
1. Describe the importance of
practicing “Be Proactive”
2. Identify how practicing “Be
Proactive” is fundamental to
CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS
PART 1-A
A. What Makes My Family Unique
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Family Dynamics and What Influences It
Roles Family Members Play
Making Family Dynamics Work using Proactive
Communication
TEACHING AND LEARNING
METHODOLOGY
Activity 1: Group the participants
according to their birth order.
Share with each other some
common characteristics.
Lecture and Discussion on Family
Dynamics and Proactive
ROLEPLAYING: teams will be
given a scenario and will be made
to roleplay how to properly
respond to a family member,
given the scenario.
B. YOUR Family Blueprint and Culture
 Foundational Principles
o Paradigm and The Power of Paradigm Shift
o The Social Mirror and Self-fulfilling Prophecy
o Effectiveness Defined
Lecture and Discussion
Film Showing
ACTIVITY: Circle of Influence
1. Each family will identify what
are within their Circle of
Concern.
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building relationships
among members of the
family
At the end of the session, the
participants will be able to:
1. Identify and articulate how a
family mission statement will
benefit their family
2. Discuss among family
members results of the family
wellness assessment to
agree on actions and
solutions
3. Write a first draft of their
Family Mission Statement
CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS
 Be Proactive – The Key to Being an Effective Family
o The “Pause” Button
o Developing Your Four Human Gifts (and the Fifth
being “A Sense of Humour”)
o The Circle of Influence and Your Language
o The Emotional Bank Account
o Being Loyal to the Absent
o Making and Keeping Promises
PART 1-B
C. Creating YOUR Family Mission Statement – A Destination
and A Compass
TEACHING AND LEARNING
METHODOLOGY
2. The family will agree on their
Circle of Influence in relation
to each concern.
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY: Each
participants will identify 5
proactive behaviors and/or
responses that they will practice
for the next 30 days.
Lecture and Discussion
Film Showing
Activity 1: Family Wellness
Assessment Results
 The Power of a Family Mission Statement
1. Each family will discuss the
 What is Required of each Family Member
family assessment results
i. A high level of Commitment
2. Agreements will be in
ii. A Willingness to Listen and Talk to one another
preparation for writing their
Frankly
mission statement
iii. Grapple with “Taboos”
iv. For all to be Prepared for some Discomfort,
Activity 2: Family Mission
sometimes Pain
Statement Write-shop
 The Writing Process
i. Explore What your Family is All About
A. WHAT IS OUR FAMILY ALL
o Guide Questions
ABOUT - Brainstorming
o Family Core Values
Questions
o Family Slogan
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TOPIC
TRAINING DAY/TIME
SESSION OBJECTIVES
CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS
ii. Draft and Write the Family Mission Statement
iii. Use it to Stay on Track: Family Mission
Statement = Family’s Constitution
 The Four Criteria of Family Mission Statements
i. Timeless
ii. Deals with Both Enda and Means
iii. Deals with all the basic activities or
dimensions of family life
iv. Deals with all the four dimensions of your
nature (physical/financial, social/emotional,
mental, spiritual)
 The 3 “Watch Outs”
i. Don’t “announce” it
ii. Don’t rush it
iii. Don’t ignore it
TEACHING AND LEARNING
METHODOLOGY
1. What is the purpose of our
family?
2. What are we all about in
life?
3. What is our identity as a
family?
4. What kind of family do we
want?
5. What kind of home do you
want to invite friends to?
6. What is embarrassing to
you?
7. What makes you feel
comfortable at home?
8. What makes you want to
come home?
9. What makes you feel drawn
to us as parents so that you
are open to our influence?
How can we as parents be
more open to your influence?
10. What are the things that
are truly important to us as a
family?
11. What are our family’s
highest priorities?
12. What are our unique
talents, gifts, and abilities?
13. What are the principles we
want our family to operate on
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CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS
TEACHING AND LEARNING
METHODOLOGY
(such principles as trust,
honesty, kindness, service,
etc.)
B. Family Core Values
1. Everyone picks 10 and then
combine to create one list.
2. Everyone gets 5 stickers
and vote on the compiled list.
3. The family will agree on 5
to 7 core family values
C. Family Slogan
1. Sum up what the family is
all about in one short phrase
D. Family Mission Statement
1. Four Parts of the Family
Mission Statement
 The Characteristics of
the Home
 The effect upon the
individual persons in
becoming both
independent and
interdependent
 Our real purpose, which
is to make a difference
and become part of the
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TOPIC
TRAINING DAY/TIME
SESSION OBJECTIVES
CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS
TEACHING AND LEARNING
METHODOLOGY
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At the end of the session, the
participants will be able to:
1. Translate their dreams into
goals
2. Apply skills in goal-setting
and planning
3. Come up with a plan in
ensuring the family’s security
4. Draft their family vision board
PART 2
D. OUR Family Goals: Our Dream with a Deadline
 Dreams vs. Goals
 Urgency vs. Importance
 Goal-Setting and Planning – The 4 Dimension
i. Social Dimension
ii. Spiritual Dimension
iii. Mental Dimension
iv. Physical/Financial Dimension
 Building your Family’s Financial Security
i. Budget Allocation: Using the Four
Quadrants (Urgent vs. Important)
solution rather than the
problem in society
And to identify the
ultimate power that
makes it all possible
Lecture and Discussion
Film Showing
Resource Person on Personal
Financial Tools
Activity 1: Budgeting for the
Family (Urgent and Important)
Activity 2: The Family Vision
Board – Visualizing the family
mission statement
Activity 3: Commitment Building
Ceremony
E. Synthesis: The Family Vision Board
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