Every member of the family is impacted when the family experiences a crisis.

In my class we discussed how different families cope with stress and crises, we discussed how it is vital for family members to communicate and include all family members when dealing with stress and crises that arise in family situations. Some situations my class discussed that occur where communication is important would be death, moving, job loss, and other events where each member is impacted. With death whether it is a sibling, parent, grandparent, aunt, cousin, whatever, it is important to talk about it, let each family member express their feelings and show that they are sad, this helps the family come closer together as they make an effort to comfort one another. In the situation of moving, it is important that each family member feels comfortable in their new house, new neighborhood, and with their new surroundings, as family members share how they feel and struggles they have with adjusting, they will become closer to other members of the family. I saw this happen when my family moved, I grew a lot closer to my brothers because we had moved to a new place and didn't know anyone, so we grew closer together as a family. Job loss is another situation where every family member is impacted, and the roles of each member can change, for example if the dad in a family lost his job, the mom and older children may get jobs to help support the family. Each family member is impacted and copes differently with stress and crises within the family, but communication is vital in every situation.