How do individual secrets differ from whole family secrets? What are some of the consequences of each?

What will be an ideal response?


With whole family secrets, the entire family knows the secret. Secrets are kept from outsiders. Individual secrets are kept by a single-family member. It is not shared within or outside the family. Secrets include and exclude.
Learning Objective: 6-5: Describe why people use topic avoidance. | 6-6: Know the positive and negative consequences associated with keeping secrets.

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What will be an ideal response?

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