can be far healthier than most people think.  Members have the opportunity to experience conflict, learn how to cope with it, and be better prepared to deal with it in later life.  And family conflict may actually be beneficial, provided that the conflict in the home gets resolved constructively. This is the critical factor in any relationship:  how their conflicts get resolved, not how many conflicts occur.  It is the most critical factor in determining whether a relationship will be healthy or unhealthy, mutually satisfying or unsatisfying, friendly or unfriendly, deep or shallow, intimate or cold, peaceful or violent.* 'E.T. has helped me so much with positive and authentic communication, not only in the workplace but in my personal life. I now have the courage to face awkward situations, where in the past I would have felt overwhelmed or even avoided them.'