Lesson video

Hello, and welcome back.

Today is the second lesson in this unit.

And today, we'll be looking at positive relationships and raising a child.

I'm really glad to have you back.

And I can't wait to get started.

I'm Mr. Clarke, and I'll be with you today.

So let's get on with today's lesson, and let's start our learning together.

To be able to fully participate in today's lesson, you're going to need an exercise book or piece of paper, and a pen.

So, if you haven't got that with you now, all you need to do is press pause, go and find yourself what you need, and then come back and press play, and we'll start.

Today's lesson has already started with you taking part in the introduction quiz, which you always do amazing at, so well done.

Throughout the rest of today's lesson, we're going to be looking at the impact of environment and raising a child.

Exploring disagreements and how we handle those disagreements, and looking at family makeups and what the family image is.

At which point, you will then be armed and ready to take on the exit quiz.

Keywords for today's lesson are, relationships, which is the way in which two or more people are connected or the state of being connected.

And then we look at committed relationships.

Now, that is a serious and lasting romantic relationship with someone.

I always say, at this point, it's really good to make sure you've got these keywords wrote down on your piece of paper or exercise book, so that you can always look back to them whenever we mention it throughout this lesson and the rest of the unit.

So, if you need to do that, feel free to press pause now, write it down, and then press play and we'll carry on.

A starter question for us all today then.

If two people are in a committed relationship, they have to marry each other.

Is that true, or is that false? Now, you might have to cast your mind back to the last lesson we have and see if you can remember this.

So is it true, or is it false? What do we think? Point to what you think is the correct answer for me in three, two, and one.

What are we thinking? Okay, should we see if you're right? It's false.

As we talked about last lesson, there are a range of stable, committed relationships, as well as marriage.

So, people are free to make relationship choices that are right for them.

That all-important word that we've talked about before, it's about consent.

And if you consent to having a relationship or not, and that's completely your choice.

Let's start today by looking at the impact of family environments.

The first section of our lesson today.

Now, I need you to unscramble for me these keywords linked to impact of family environments.

Now it's quite difficult.

So you'll need to pause the video here and see if you can work out what these words are that I've scrambled up for you.

When you think you've got them, or you've tried your best, just press play, and I'll tell you the answers.

Okay, are you ready to find out? What did we think that first word was then? What'd you think it was? Can you tell me? Okay, you ready to find out? The first word is indeed, parents.

That's our first keyword.

Now, we're on a roll.

Let's look at number two.

What we thinking? Bit of a hard one.

Gurtuirnn, if that's a word.

Of course it's not.

What is it? It is nurturing.

What about this one? Coitmmmetn.

What is that word? What is it unscrambled? Of course, commitment.

Next one, earrcs.

Could be a word, maybe.

No, that's carers.

Down to the bottom then.

What are we thinking? I don't think I can even pronounce this one.

Interactions.

So we've got parents, nurturing, commitment, carers, interactions.

But we've still got one left at the bottom.

What are we thinking? Alveu? What is it? Value.

So these are our six key words that really come into play when we're looking at the environment.

They are parents, nurturing, commitment, carers, interactions, and value.

And you're going to hear those a lot over this next couple of slides.

So, I thought to help you out, I would put these words into a paragraph, a couple of sentences or so, to help you understand what they mean.

The only problem is, I forgot to enter them.

You see, I've got so far.

This is what I got.

The environment provided by blank and carers play a crucial role.

A blank to providing a loving and safe environment for a child is important.

For example, through positive, with parents and, a child will learn they are valued.

They will, themselves.

This will help to shape how they interact with others inside and outside of the family.

All kinds of families can provide the, environment, including care settings.

Now I'm really glad that you are here to help me today.

We're trying to make this a proper full paragraph with all the words and none missing.

So I'd like you now to pause this video, use the words that you can see on screen that we unscrambled, and put them in the correct places where you think they're meant to go.

Write it out for me on your exercise book or paper with the whole paragraph complete.

No blank words.

When you think you've got it, press play, and we'll see if you're right.

Right, welcome back.

Are we ready to give it a go? Let's see.

And remember, if you got any of the words incorrect, don't worry about it.

Just make sure you've got the correct meaning down, so that you know for future.

The environment provided by parents and carers play a crucial role.

A commitment to providing a loving and safe environment for a child is important.

For example, through positive interactions with parents and carers, a child will learn they are valued, and they will value themselves.

This will help to shape how they interact with others inside and outside of the family.

All kinds of family can provide this nurturing environment, including care settings.

How did you do? And, as I said, don't worry if you got any of them wrong.

Just make sure now you've got the correct word there.

Here, we can see how important the environment makes for a young person, not just in terms of them growing up in that puberty and adolescent age.

Not just then, but it also impacts them all the way into being an adult.

Ultimately, the important message to remember here is a family where people love and are committed to each other, provides a good environment for bringing up children.

How about when there are disagreements? And disagreements can happen for lots of different reasons.

And although disagreements are inevitable and that they happen and they're part of daily life, we need to work out how we can solve those disagreements, so they don't escalate and build up.

We're now going to take part in a short activity.

We're going to explore some of the causes, and think about the many reasons why families might disagree, and what they might disagree over.

Your task now is to create a list.

Make a list of reasons why families might disagree.

What are some of those topics that a family might disagree about? I want you to pause this video while you complete this task.

And when you've done that, press play again, and will look at some of the answers you could have had, and your own too.

Great.

How did you do? Did you get lots of different reasons? Amazing.

Well, here are some of the examples I got that you could have had.

Could be over finances.

It might be families disagreeing over family rules or rules in the house.

And finally, another example might be opinions and beliefs.

What are some of the reasons you had as to why families might disagree? So let's look at difficult situations.

As mentioned, it's usual for relationships to go through difficult periods, and for people to disagree about some things.

We're human and we don't all like the same thing.

We're not all robots, but that's also what makes us amazing, is that we have lots of different interests and hobbies.

But sometimes we do disagree.

So let's try and draw a mind map to explore some of the ways that people might work to restore a struggling relationship.

How do we make sure we can build up a relationship when it's struggling, as opposed to giving up and letting it fall apart? Draw yourself a mind map.

And, when you're ready to continue with the lesson and you've got some ideas down, just press play.

Let's now look at some responses and answers you could've put.

You can make sure you communicate your thoughts to each other.

Don't let them bubble up inside and build up.

Talk about them.

Understand why that relationship has broke down.

Find the core reason, so that you can begin to solve it.

Sometimes you need to do something special together, whether that be going on a nice romantic walk, or spending some time at a cinema, or whatever is that you enjoy doing together.

Do something special that perhaps you might not normally do.

Be aware, as well, of your external influences.

Be aware of what people around you might be saying.

And are you listening to that, and is that impacting on your decisions? Set clear boundaries that perhaps were not there before.

Perhaps you didn't know that that upset that person or they didn't like this and like that.

You need to make sure that those boundaries and understanding is there.

And sometime, saying sorry is all it can really need.

Just saying sorry and genuinely meaning it and forgiving each other, that can sometimes go a really long way in restoring a struggling relationship.

Let's now remind ourselves and look at family makeup.

We talked about this briefly, last lesson.

A family is a child, sometimes more than one, with a mum and dad.

Is that true, or is that false? Is a family makeup always a child with a mum and a dad? Point now to what you think is the answer, in three, two, and one.

Of course it's false.

We know that there's a range of family makeups, some of which don't include both a mum and a dad, but they're still a family, and that's really important to know.

As explored last lesson, we know that families could be made up in lots of different ways.

For example, some families may include foster and adoptive parents or siblings.

We may have families who are LGBT+, which are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans partners/parents.

We might have intergenerational families, which means families that include grandparents, or indeed might have parents who are single or carers.

What are some other examples of families' makeups that we explored last lesson, that you can remember? Pause this video and have a think.

And when you've thought of some, or you've got an idea and written some down, press play again.

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