My Family System Play Ball - 970 Words

My Family System: Play Ball Everyone knows that in order to win a baseball game there has to be a good coach, right? A family system is a lot like a baseball team. In order to be successful, and to win in life, a family has to work together, and there must be a coach, someone to lead the team. How can the team be successful? In his article, Circumplex Model of Marital Family Systems, Olson says, (2000), â€Å"Family cohesion, flexibility and communication are the three dimensions in the Circumplex Model.† (pg. 144) So each team must be flexible, work together, be devoted to one another, and communicate in order to thrive. However, there are people who believe they know more than the coach. Let’s use the Bailey family team as our example. There has to be someone on the team that sets the rules and calls the plays. Let’s adopt the parents of the Bailey family as the coaches of the team. 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