The traditional method of studying families has often focused on the pathological rather than on the strong family. However, accentuating positive aspects could prove to be more important in a long-term basis than simply solving problems and weathering crises. Understanding the strengths of families has great potential for helping to solve many of the problems that families incur (Foster, 1983).Studies of family strengths have generally concentrated on traditional families rather than on nontraditional families such as remarried families, blended families, dual-career families, older
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