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Aggressive
ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression.
Passive
accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.
Assertive
having or showing a confident and forceful personality.
I Message
In interpersonal communication, an I-message or I-statement is an assertion about the feelings, beliefs, values, etc. of the person speaking
Active Listening
Active listening refers to a pattern of listening that keeps you engaged with your conversation partner in a positive way.
Body Language
the process of communicating nonverbally through conscious or unconscious gestures and movements.
Prejudice
an assumption or an opinion about someone simply based on that person’s membership to a particular group.
Stereotype
a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Tolerance
the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.
Bullying
seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).
Relationship
the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected.
Single-parent families
These are families with only one parent caring for one or more children. For example, children and teens may live with one parent after a divorce or the other parent’s death.
Blended families.
These families form when a single parent remarries. The new couple may decide to add to their blended family by having more children.
Extended families.
Some people live with members of their extended family, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins. Other people have such relatives but see them only on visits. Some people live in intergenerational families, which have three or more generations living together.
Adoptive families.
These families consist of a parent or parents and one or more adopted children. Some families have both biological children and adopted children.