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Module 11

The document discusses different types of family structures including nuclear, extended, step, single-parent, adoptive, bi-racial, trans-racial, blended, conditionally separated, foster, gay or lesbian, immigrant, and migrant families. It also discusses the emotional, social, and spiritual legacies that families aim to pass down to their children.

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Module 11

The document discusses different types of family structures including nuclear, extended, step, single-parent, adoptive, bi-racial, trans-racial, blended, conditionally separated, foster, gay or lesbian, immigrant, and migrant families. It also discusses the emotional, social, and spiritual legacies that families aim to pass down to their children.

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Family

Structures
and
Family
Structure
 The traditional family structure is considered a
family support system which involve two
married individuals providing care and stability
for their biological offspring. However, this two-
parent, nuclear clear 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 STUCTURES:
Nuclear Family: A family unit consisting of at most a
father, mother and dependent children. It is
considered “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.
Step Families: Two families brought together due to
divorce, separation, and remarriage.

Single Parent Family: This can be either a father or


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 of 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
member 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 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 parent’s 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.
Family
Legacies
 - Spiritual
Legacy
- Emotional
Legacy
- Social Legacy
• THE EMOTIONAL LEGACY
A strong emotional legacy:
- Provides a safe environment in which deep
emotional roots can grow.
- Foster confidence through stability.
- Conveys a tone of trusting support.
- Nurtures a strong sense of positive identity.
- Creates a “resting place” for the soul.
- Demonstrates unconditional love.
• THE SOCIAL LEGACY

Key building blocks of children’s social legacy include:


- Respect, beginning with themselves and working
out to other people.
- Responsibility, fostered by respect for themselves,
that is cultivated by assigning children duties
within the family, making them accountable for
their actions, and giving them room to make
wrong choices once in a while.
- Unconditional love and acceptance by their
parents, combined with conditional acceptance
when the parents discipline for bad behavior or
actions.
- The setting of social boundaries concerning
how to relate to God, authority, peers, the
environment and siblings.
- Rules that are given within a loving
relationship.
• THE SPIRITUAL LEGACY
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.
• The same principles applies to spiritual matters.
- Parents are primary in spiritual upbringing, not
secondary. This is especially true when
considering that children, particularly young
children, perceive God the way they perceive
their parents.
- If their parents are loving, affirming, forgiving
and yet strong in what they believe, children will
think of God that way. He is someone who
cares, who is principled and who loves them
above all else.
ACTIVITY: INSIGHTS ON RELATIONSHIPS AND
TRIBUTE TO MY FAMILY
1. What have you learned in this unit about your
personal relationships with family, friends, partner
and organizations?

2. How do you assess the present state of your


relationships?

3. What do you pal to do in order to improve and


strengthen your relationships?

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