Coping with stress with the family can really make it so that the family comes together and become stronger.  One of the things that I have found to be extremely interesting in this weeks class was the lesson about the coping saw. I just thought that it was so interesting how, when the saw is used correctly, it can make it so that the two pieces of the crown molding can be put together and look nicely.  If we apply this to our families then we are going to become closer together as a family.  With all of the stressors that we have today, we need to make it so that we are depending on our families in our times  of need. One of the things that can really help us out as a family when we are in these stressful situations is the ABC X model.  When we apply this model to the stressful event, it can just open up a whole new world of solutions for us.  When we apply this model we have to look at the A which is the event, the B which is the resources, and the C which is the cognitive experience of everyone that is in the family.  I know that if we just do these simple things while we are in in stressful situations that we are going to be able to overcome them and really grow together as a family.