types of family (RE)

• Childless family


  A family with no children, this may be by choice, infertility or another reason
• Nuclear family


  Two parents and children living in the same house
• Single parent family


  A family with one parent, who raises the children alone
• Blended/reconstituted family


  A family made up of 2 parents who had previous partners and children. Step parent, sisters, brothers
• Extended family


  Multiple adults and children that live in the same house, including uncles, aunts grandparents, etc.
• Most single parents are single mothers (90%)
• Christian views on family

  Christians believe that the purpose of family is to have a Stable Society and have Christian children
• The nuclear family is the ideal
• Husbands should


  Work and provide for family
• Wives should


  Remain at home, raising the children and keeping the house
• wives, submit to your husbands as you do to the lord.
• Denomination


  Different groups within christianity, for example catholics and protestants
• Catholic views on family

  • Christianity
  • 'Honour your father and mother' Exodus 20:12
  • Nuclear family is still the ideal
  • The role of the parents is to provide a safe and stable home
  • Responsibility to raise their children as catholics
• Quaker Christians


  • Welcoming of all types of families as long as the children are taught christian values
  • Children should follow the examples set by their parents
  • Loving parents should demonstrate these values
• Muslim views on family

  • Family is important and a gift from Allah
  • Muslims should follow the example of the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by marriage and kids
  • In islam family consists of heterosexual couple with kids
  • Extended families are common in islam
• Roles of men and women in islam

  • Muslim parents both raise children equally
  • Men and women made of the Same Source
  • Men are the head of the family
  • Women are the heart of the family