The Families for Peace aims to strengthen the positive well-being of families across various circumstances. The Families for Peace offers resources directed to parents and children undergoing conflicts brought about by these changing times. By combining theory and practice, family experts, educators, as well as, parent and children advocates, discuss the necessary skills to increase the competence of family members in dealing with crisis situations and challenging conditions.
About the Family Studies YouTube Channel:
The “Breakdown to Breakthrough” series are 10 online video resources by Family Studies experts and human care service providers to help families deal with the challenges that come with the Covid-19 pandemic. These videos will be posted Tuesdays-Thursday-Saturdays beginning March 31, 2020.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough Series | Episode 19
A mother’s love is like no other. A mother’s touch can heal a breakdown and her wisdom can inspire a breakthrough. Let music express the love that words will never capture completely. Let this serenade convey our affection and appreciation to all moms out there.
Happy Mother’s Day!
From Breakdown to Breakthrough series | Episode 18
With so much information being shared in new media today, there is a need to teach family members about the importance of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) because fake news spreads faster, causing a lot of confusion and division, sometimes between family members themselves.
Communication expert, Lynda Garcia, MA, explains how we can promote health and safety through proper information dissemination. She cautions families about one of the biggest pandemic risks, viral misinformation and gives tips on how to avoid it.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 16
“I would define a leader as a person who puts the welfare of the group above himself. It’s the same thing with fathers.” – Etan Thomas
Jerry Jurisprudencia, Ph.D., a registered psychologist and guidance counselor, provides the acronym A-N-A-K as a guide for fathers who try their best to wear a brave face everyday in order to protect and provide the needs of his family amidst the challenges brought forth by the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 14
Forty-three days into the quarantine and parents are worried that their children have too much free time on their hands.
Clarissa Mariano-Ligon, Ph.D. (Col 2001, Family Studies, 2018) shares the daily routine followed by her two boys to keep a sense of balance between individual and family activities. She gives a caveat to parents who are just too obsessed in keeping their kids very busy during the lockdown.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 13
The enhanced community quarantine has brought changes in the routine children with special needs are accustomed to. Such changes can be confusing for them and overwhelming for parents who rely on health care professionals for their children’s special education.
SPED instructor and assessor, Ditas Tiamzon, Ph.D. offers ways to help families with special children during the lockdown. As a mother of two boys on the autistic spectrum, she shares how she creatively manages the energy and emotions of her two amazing sons.
Dr. Tiamzon is an MC alumna (Col ‘83 and PhD Family Studies ‘18). She teaches Special Education courses at the College of Education, Miriam College.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 12
Covid-19 brings strong feelings with it like stress, fear, and anxiety. Coping with uncertainty can be overwhelming for adults, especially if you have kids who suddenly become clingy, withdrawn, agitated, or worried.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Zairah Castelo-Corpus, MD encourages parents to provide young children with a caring and nurturing environment to help them cope effectively during the pandemic. As in-house Psychiatrist at Miriam College, Dr. Corpus emphasizes the need to reassure children calmly in age-appropriate ways.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 11
Blessed are the homes whose fathers have no qualms about doing household chores. Joselito G. Gutierrez, Ph.D (MCFamily Studies, 2017) shares the three fundamental roles of fathers and how the love languages of Quality Time and Acts of Service are best performed during the enhanced community quarantine.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 10
Being a Mom is not easy, especially now that everyone is on home quarantine – the new normal.
This episode is for all those who are mothers, who play the role of mothers, and soon to be mothers in their families.
When a new “normal” emerges in your life, what are the best ways of adapting, coping, and moving forward?
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 9
Adolescence can be rough and tough for both parents and teens. If you have a teenager in the house right now, then these helpful suggestions by Michele S. Alignay, Ph.D. will enable you to converse in meaningful dialogue and enhance parent-teen relationship, while cooped up in the house over the Covid-19 lockdown.
As a licensed psychologist and registered guidance counselor, Dr. Alignay offers a valuable resource to parents who wish to connect and engage with their teens more meaningfully.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 8
Just when we think that we’ve adjusted to the new normal, triggers emerge to make us feel vulnerable again.
Dr. Malou Chavez, a registered guidance counselor and psychologist, shows us the way of tapping on our inner resources to be emotionally resilient during this extended lockdown. As an advocate of Positive Psychology, she suggests that we intentionally look for positive things and to shift our mental stance from frustration to curiosity.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 7
Cynthia Ballat, Ph.D reminds us that we need to rise up and pray so that we can see this crisis through the eyes of Faith. As a family we are called to forgive, forget past hurts, and to look forward to our own Easter morning.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 5
Now more than ever, we are called to pray fervently as a one universal family. We realize that we need to look out for each other, to show more compassion and generosity so that others may simply live through the pandemic.
Edwin A. Eulalia, Ph.D. (MC Family Studies, 2014) shares tips on how families can deepen their Faith and participate in spiritual practices and traditions inside the sacred space of our homes.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 4
“How are you on the the inside right now?” Grace Brillantes-Evangelista, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist, leads us into a guided meditation that focuses on checking inwards to clear the space for a meaningful Holy Week encounter.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 2
Feeling anxious, vulnerable, fearful, and depressed because of the pandemic?
In this episode, Gail Reyes-Galang, Ph.D recalls how she felt when she was at the Fear Zone of this crisis. She invites us to do a self-check of feelings revealed by our inner voices and examine distorted ways of thinking that contribute to these deep-seated emotions.
Dr. Gail provides practical tips not only to keep yourselves together, but to function effectively in these very challenging times.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 3
Harriet H. Hormillosa, Ph.D. is the founder and managing director of the Reintegration for Care & Wholeness Foundation, Inc.
As a long time marriage and family counselor, Dr. Hormillosa enumerates the symptoms of “couple cabin fever” as a result of a deep sense of being overwhelmed mentally, emotionally and physically, while sharing the home space in very uncertain times.
From Breakdown to Breakthrough | Episode 1
Dr. Maria Margarita A. Acosta, Ph.D. shares her reflections on balancing multiple roles, as she adapts to the new normal.
She uses creativity in securing her needs and that of her home team, while establishing a daily routine that includes time for spiritual expression.
