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LESSON 1: FAMILY STRUCTURES

1. understand family structure as a highly effective way of getting information;


2. appraise ones’ family structure and the type of care he/she gives and receives, which may help in
understanding himself/herself better
3. make a genogram and trace certain physical, personality, or behavioral attributes through generations
Objectives:
At the end of this module, learners will be able to:
Despite the changing lifestyles and ever-increasing personal mobility that characterize modern society,
the family remains the central element of contemporary life. Families offer companionship, security, and
a measure of protection against an often-uncaring world. But family structure, like society at large, has
undergone significant changes in the years since World War II. While the nuclear family -- with Dad,
Mom, and offspring happily coexisting beneath one roof-remains the ideal, variations in family structure
are plentiful -- and often successful. Whatever your particular family situation, it will have tremendous
influence upon your baby's happiness, development, and future.

As discussed on the Personal Development Teachers Guide manual (page 104-105), family structure, the
traditional family structure is considered a family support system which 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.
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 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.
• Step families: 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.
• Adoptive family: A family where one or more of the children has been adopted. Any structure of 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. 9
• 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 as a few days or as long as the child’s entire
childhood.
• Gay or Lesbian family: A family where one or both of the parents’ sexual orientation is gay or lesbian.
This may be a two-parent family, an adoptive family, a single parent family or an extended family.
• 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 farm workers 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.”
Sources: https:// www.sce.org/files/ccpc-family-structures.pdf;
https:// www.boundles.com/sociology/textbooks/
boundless-sociology-textbook/family-12/family-91/family-stuctures-521-10352/

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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