ACTIVITY 3: “ MY SIMPLE PLAN FOR MY FAMILY”

OBJECTIVES:

This aims to enable you to come up with a plan on how to improve the relationships among the
members of the family through firmer and gentler caring.

PROCEDURE:

List at least five (5) suggestions on how to make your family members firmer and gentler with each
other.

1. Have positive communication and be open to one another. This is very important so that everyone in
the family can feel that they are not alone in their personal battles. This strategy will allow the members
of the family to speak their oemwn minds and voice out their feelings to each other. It will enable every
family member to be understood, valued, and respected and give comfort, support, and advices to each
other thus, making the bond firmer.

2. Spend more quality time together. Most of the time, every member in my family have their own tasks
to do - everyone is always busy meeting the deadline whether for school activities, projects at work,
and personal appointments. This time, I would suggest that we should set time for a get together to eat
meals together, watch movies and play games. This will give an opportunity for the family to give
attention to one other, share experiences outside our homes, and reconnect with the members of the
family.

3. Learn how to have teamwork and cooperation. This includes the awareness of own responsibilities
within the family as well as limitations and boundaries. Few examples I would suggest to improve our
teamwork and cooperation is to share household chores, involve everyone in solving conflicts within
the family, set rules and give rewards to those who follow and consequences to those who don't and
taking into consideration the voices of the younger members in terms of decision making in the family.
Through this, family members will know more about their responsibilities and be more mindful in
helping each other.

4. Be kinder, more encouraging and loving. In our home, we care about each other but oftentimes, we
tend to say and do things without thinking what the other person would feel. Although we give gifts and
tell sweet messages to each other, it only happens on birthdays, anniversaries, and special holidays.
That is why I want everyone in my family to be kinder and more sensitive of others on a day-to-day basis
and to be more appreciative with one another's accomplishments whether big or small which can be
shown by showering them with compliments and encouraging them to do better without pressuring
them. Most importantly, I would like everyone to increase their effort of showing each family member
how much they love and treasure them not just occasionally but everytime they see an opportunity to
do so.

5. Minimize the use of gadgets and time spent on social media and games. One of the problems in our
family is the addiction of using technology especially phones, laptop and tablets. It is like everyone in the
family has their own thing to do with their gadgets that we sit near each other but not have a
conversation at all. We are physically present in our homes but our attention and focus are on other
things. We also rarely do things together like having meals, play board and card games, and other fun
activities that does not require technology because everyone was so engrossed with their gadgets. The
reason why I want to limit the use of technology that often steals our time with our family. I would
suggest to them situations where we are allowed or prohibited to use gadgets and how much time we
can spend on social media and games everyday. This way, we can spend more time with each other at
home, converse and build stronger relationships.

DISCUSSION/SHARING

1. Was it hard to think of ways to improve the relationship among your family members? Why or Why

not?

It wasn't hard to think of ways to improve the relationship among my family members. The reason is
that, before I answer this activity, I observed the relationship between my family members, identified
the factors and possible reasons why the behave and act that way towards one another, and think of
possible and practical solutions to resolve issues and conflict within the family.

2. Do you think your plan will work for your family? Explain.

I believe, yes. I am certain the strategies will work and will bear a significant result because I plaaned
them according to what I observe as lacking within my family and the issues between the members.
Also, to make sure they will cooperate and participate in my plan, I will explain to them that its purpose
is to improve and strengthen our relationship to one another and will bring us closer together.

3. What did you learn from this activity?

From this activity, I learned that there is no such thing as perfect relationship between family members nor a family without problems. However, we could always think of ways to

improve and deepen our connection and affection to one another. I also gained awareness about the problems within my family and learned how to think of possible solutions to

resolve these issues. Moreover, it made me realize that time spent with our family should always be valued and cherished for no one knows what tomorrow will bring. We shouldn't

waste time and let least important things steal our time and attention instead, we should focus on building stronger foundations for our family and showing how much we love,

treasure, and care for them every single day.