Living in a healthy family is an important dimension of wellness.Which of the following most accurately describes a characteristic of healthy families?

A) A family in which individual members live a health-promoting lifestyle
B) A family that responds to its members' needs only during serious illness
C) A family that sometimes avoids or withholds the truth for fear of hurting someone's feelings
D) A family that understands that a family member is powerless when experiencing severe illness

The most accurately stated characteristic of healthy families is one that focuses on health-promoting lifestyles for its members.Additionally,healthy families do not necessarily respond to health issues only in times of serious illness.A healthy family is also very open about expressing feelings and disagreements rather than squelching feelings to avoid conflict.Finally,healthy families view the family as capable and successful in meeting and responding to illness as opposed to feeling powerless over illness.