PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEK 4

FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY

STRUCTURES GENOGRAM LEGACIES

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Lesson objectives
• Identify different types of family
structures and assess one’s
family structure to understand
oneself better.
• Prepare a Make a genogram
and trace certain physical,
personality, or behavioral
attributes through generations.
genogram

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PICTURE
ANALYSIS
FAMILY-It is traditionally known to be the basic unit
of society and primary agent of socialization.
Basic Functions of Family:
• Reproduction
• Socialization and Education
• Identity
• Economic Support
• Emotional Support
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 The traditional family structure is
considered a family support system
that involves two married individuals
providing care and stability for their
biological offspring. However, this two-
parent, nuclear family has become less
prevalent, and alternative family forms
have become more common. The
family is created at birth and
establishes ties across generations.
Those generations, the extended
family of aunts, uncles, grandparents,
and cousins, can all hold significant
emotional and economic roles for the
nuclear family.
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 Different kinds of family structure
• Nuclear family: A family unit consisting of at most a father, mother,
and dependent children. It is considered the “traditional” family.
• Extended family: A family consisting of parents and children, along
with either grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.
In some circumstances, the extended family comes to live either with
or in place of a member of the nuclear family.
• Stepfamilies: Two families brought together due to divorce,
separation, and remarriage.
• Single parent family: This can be either a father or a mother who is
singly responsible for the raising of a child. The child can be by birth or
adoption. They may be a single parent by choice or by life
circumstances. The other parent may have been part of the family at
one time or not at all.
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• Adoptive family: A family where one or more of the children has been
adopted. Any structure of the family may also be an adoptive family.
• Bi-racial or multi-racial family: A family where the parents are
members of different racial identity groups.
• Trans-racial adoptive family: A family where the adopted child is of a
different racial identity group than the parents.
• Blended family: A family that consists of members from two (or more)
previous families.
• Conditionally separated families: A family member is separated from
the rest of the family. This may be due to employment far away; military
service; incarceration; hospitalization. They remain significant members
of the family.
• Foster family: A family where one or more of the children is legally a
temporary member of the household. This “temporary” period may be
as short
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• Immigrant family: A family where the parents have
immigrated to another country as adults. Their
children may or may not be immigrants. Some family
members may continue to live in the country of origin,
but still, be significant figures in the life of the child.
• Migrant family: A family that moves regularly to
places where they have employment. The most
common form of migrant family is farmworkers who
move with the crop seasons. Children may have a
relatively stable community of people who move at the
same time - or the family may know no one in each new
setting. Military families may also lead a migrant life,
with frequent relocation, often on short notice.
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A. Directions: Select the word(s) which corresponds to the
correct answer from the pool of choices inside the box.
Write your answer on a piece of paper.

Nuclear family Extended family

Stepfamilies Single parent family
Blended family Conditionally separated families
Foster family Adoptive family
Bi-racial or multi-racial family
Trans-racial adoptive family Gay or Lesbian family
Immigrant family
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1. Rizal family is composed of Lola Inda, Lolo Pedro, Daddy James,
Mommy Anny, and baby Harold. What type of family do they belong
to?
2. Gabby has a biological child, as well as Linda too. They lived
together with their children even though they were not married to
each other. But they are married previously. What type of family are
they?
3. Ashley has lived with Tom and Lisa since she was five months old.
She does know her birth mother and sees her on holidays. Ashley lives
in a(n)______ family.
4. The Jone’s married when they were still in college and they now
have children. Recently, they brought Erik’s mother to live with them
because she is no longer able to care for herself. This is an example of
a(n) ________ family.
5. One or both parents have been married before bringing their
children from previous marriage into the family. They may have
children together.
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6. Two or three generations of relatives living together in one household.
7. Parents go through the courts (legal system) to make children legally
their own.
8. Child or children are temporarily placed with another family until family
“issues” are settled.
9. Judy and Jack Forbes have been married for 20 years and have
children—Allen, Brad, and Melissa.
10. Fifteen year old Cathy ran away from home often so family service
agency sent Cathy to temporarily live with another family till her own
problems were resolved.
11.When fire destroyed their home, Andrew and Amy Dawson and their
three children moved to country to live with Amy’s elderly parents.
12.Annie raised her four children alone after she and her husband
divorced.
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 GENOGRAM
•A genogram or family tree is a useful tool
to gather information about a person's
family. This visual representation of a
family can help us to identify patterns or
themes within families that may be
influencing or driving a person's current
behavior.
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Purposes of a Genogram:
• • *Tracking of Patterns * - Genograms reveal different patterns
that may have long been in play in a family’s history.
• • Tracing of Medical History - Genograms can help in evaluating
the health risks that a family or individual faces.
• *Understanding Emotional Relationships * - Genograms can also
reveal the quality of relationships that family members were or are
in.
• Family and Individual Therapy - Genograms are used as a starting
point of therapists in assessing the status of a family or an
individual in the middle of an issue.

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 FAMILY LEGACIES
No matter who we are, where we live, or what our
goals may be, we all have one thing in common: a
heritage. That is, social, emotional, and spiritual
legacy passed on from parent to child. Every one of
us passed a heritage, lives out a heritage, and gives
a heritage to our family. It’s not an option; parents
always pass to their children a legacy good, bad or
some of both.

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A spiritual, emotional, and social legacy is like a
three-stranded cord. Individually, each strand
cannot hold much weight. But wrapped
together, they are strong; that is why passing
on a positive, affirming legacy is so important
and why a negative legacy can be so
destructive. The good news is that you can
decide to pass a positive legacy on to your
children whether you received one or not.

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Today, if we do not intentionally pass a
legacy consistent with our beliefs to our
children, our culture will pass along its own,
often leading to a negative end. It is
important to remember that passing on a
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process, not an event. As parents, we are
responsible for the process and God is
responsible for the product.

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EMOTIONAL LEGACY
The Emotional Legacy In order to prosper, our
children need an enduring sense of security and
stability nurtured in an environment of safety and
love. Sadly, many of us struggle to overcome a
negative emotional legacy that hinders our ability to
cope with the inevitable struggles of life. But imagine
yourself giving warm family memories to your child.
You can create an atmosphere that provides a child’s
fragile spirit with the nourishment and support
needed for healthy emotional growth. It will require
time and consistency to develop a sense of
emotional wholeness, but the rewards are great.
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The Social Legacy
To really succeed in life, the children need to learn
more than management techniques, accounting,
reading, writing, and geometry. They need to learn
the fine art of relating to people. If they learn how to
relate well to others they’ll have an edge in the game
of life. In order to prosper, the children need to gain
the insights and social skills necessary to cultivate
healthy, stable relationships. As children mature, they
must learn to relate to family members, teachers,
peers and friends. Eventually they must learn to relate
to coworkers and many other types of people such as
salespeople, bankers, mechanics and bosses.
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• The Spiritual Legacy
The Spiritual Legacy is overlooked by many, but that’s a
mistake. As spiritual beings, we adopt attitudes and beliefs
about spiritual matters from one source or another. As
parents, we need to take the initiative and present our faith
to our children. Parents who successfully pass along a
spiritual legacy to their children model and reinforce the
unseen realities of the Godly life. We must recognize that
passing a spiritual legacy means more than encouraging
our children to attend church, as important as that is. The
church is there to support parents in raising their children,
but it cannot do the raising; only parents can.

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ACTIVITY:
• Directions: Make your own genogram, to trace your beginnings and the
physical traits or characteristics you inherited from your roots. Use the
genogram below as your guide or you can make your own.

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Week 5: Plan on how to make family
members firmer and gentler with each other

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