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• Family serves as the cornerstone of society, fulfilling vital roles of biologically transmitting life and nurturing and educating children
• A family typically comprises a father, a mother, and their children, bound by marriage, blood, or adoption
• Types of Families Based on Various Factors:

  • Birth
  • Marriage
  • Residence
  • Descent and Authority
• Family of Orientation: The family one is born into
• Family of Procreation: Formed after marriage, comprising one's spouse and children
• Monogamous family: One husband, one wife, and their children
• Polygynous family: One husband, multiple wives, and their children
• Polyandrous family: One wife, multiple husbands, and their children
• Matrilocal family: Couple resides in the wife's house
• Patrilocal family: Family lives in the husband's house
• Matrilineal family: Tracing ancestry through the mother
• Patrilineal family: Tracing ancestry through the father
• Matriarchal family: Mother as the head and authority
• Patriarchal family: Father as the head and superior authority
• Evolution of Family Structures:

  • From extended to nuclear
  • From marriage-based to cohabitation
  • To single-parent families
• Normative Nuclear Family:

  • Comprising a husband, wife, and children
  • Plays a crucial role in maintaining societal stability and functionality
• Functionalist Theory of Family:

  • Posits that the family is integral to the social body's proper functioning
  • Despite societal shifts, the normative nuclear family remains crucial for societal order and cohesion
• Functions of the Family as a Social Institution:

  • Regulation of Sexuality
  • Responsible Procreation
  • Development of Socialization Skills
  • Promotion of Economic Cooperation
• Definition of Sexual Roles and Norms:

  • The family plays a crucial role in defining sexual roles and norms
  • Establishes valid and permissible sexual relationships within the family unit
• Taboo of Incest:

  • Incest is universally taboo
  • Forbidden due to cultural norms restricting sexual relations among kin
• Church's Stance on Family and Marriage:

  • Emphasizes the family as the fundamental unit of society
  • Upholds a normative family structure based on heterosexual marriage
• Biblical Foundation:

  • Derives stance from Sacred Scriptures, particularly the Book of Genesis
  • Marriage is revealed as an exclusive union between a man and a woman
• Biological Transmission of Life:

  • Family is fundamental to the process of procreation
  • Marriage guarantees sexual loyalty between spouses and provides an environment for proper child care
• Basic Needs and Psychological Satisfaction:

  • Family fulfills basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter
  • Satisfies psychological needs like love, care, and a sense of identity and belongingness
• Learning Social Norms:

  • Family serves as the primary environment where children learn to interact with others and acquire social norms
• Parental Guidance:

  • Parenting involves instructing children on general concepts of right and wrong
  • Essential for transmitting social rules and norms
• Economic Units:

  • Families function as economic units, contributing to the production and allocation of goods and services
• Community Living for Resource Sharing:

  • By residing in communities, families can commonly share goods for just and equitable distribution
• Documented Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage:

  • The Church opposes the legalization of same-sex marriage
  • Cites natural design, Biblical principles, and the inviolable dignity of marriage as reasons
• Church's Perspective on Marriage:

  • Views marriage as part of God's plan for humanity
  • Marriage ensures justice, mutual rights, and duties between spouses and family members
• Family as "Domestic Church":

  • Sign of unity and exercises a prophetic role for the world
  • Plays a crucial role in fostering individual well-being, societal stability, and economic development
• Educational Role of the Family:

  • Responsible for the first school of human values, responsible exercise of sexuality, transmission of faith, and pastoral activity
• Duties of Family Members:

  • Parents have the duty of moral and spiritual education
  • Children express filial piety through gratitude, docility, and respect towards parents
• Family as a Domestic Church:

  • Fulfills its mission through communion, safeguarding life, contributing to social development, and serving as leaven in evangelization
  • Parents and children share reciprocal duties, emphasizing education, virtues, and respect within the family