IJMC - Family Stress Test

                                                                  -dave









*************************Family Stress Test*****************************

   Score 0 if the statement is never true, 1 if it is rarely true,
   2 if it is sometimes true, and 3 if it is always true.

 1. ____ Conversations often begin with "Put the gun down, and then we can
         talk".

 2. ____ The school principal has your number on speed-dial.

 3. ____ The cat is on Valium.

 4. ____ People have trouble understanding your kids, because they
        learned to speak through clenched teeth.

 5. ____ You are trying to get your four-year-old to switch to decaf.

 6. ____ The number of jobs held down by family members exceeds the
         number of people in the family.

 7. ____ No one has _time_ to wait for microwave TV dinners.

 8. ____ "Family meetings" are often mediated by law enforcement
         officials.

 9. ____ You have to check your kid's day-timer to see if he can take
         out the trash.

 10.____ Maxwell House gives you industrial rates.

    Scoring:
     30 - a perfect score. Welcome to the neighborhood!
     20-29 - You are doing reasonably well, but still have too little
             going on in your life. Crank it up.
     10-19 - You have mastered some of the aspects of the stress-filled
             life, but still have a long way to go. Have you considered
             a parallel career path?
     0-9 - Enjoying all that extra time? What do you _do_ anyway?