To model for my children the values and skills they need for a productive future. To provide a safe and stable home where my children can grow and prosper. To maintain balance in our family so that each person reaches his potential and contributes positively to society. Despite their simplicity, these statements have broad implications. A socially healthy environment would attend to etiquette, interactions with peers, cooperative work and play, and citizenship.
Spiritual health refers to religious training, values and character issues.
Emotional health finds the balance between dependence and alienation, manipulation and indifference, ecstasy and depression. A healthy environment also means healthy for every family member and every family relationship. A mission statement clarifies decision-making . Consider how the first mission statement listed above could help a family make good decisions. Three-year old Tabitha begs to stay up until Mom and Dad go to bed.