FAMILY STRUCTURES(L3)

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  • Family
    o Comes from the latin word
    “familia”
    o A group of people related by
    affinity or consanguinity
    who live together.
  • Families play a vital role in
    adolescents' development, serving as their primary support system by offering
    emotional security, love, and companionship. While teens often gravitate towards
    peer groups during adolescence, conflicts with family members arise as they seek
    independence. Despite this, families continue to significantly influence their
    personal growth. Teens still require parental love, care, and a supportive home
    environment, especially during challenging times, to foster their emotional well-
    being and self-identity.
  • Family as a Social Institution
    “established and organized systems of social behavior with a particular and recognized
    purpose”
  • The Family as a Symbol of Tradition
    Serves as a powerful cultural symbol.
    Descriptions for which the family stands:
    1. Describes a union bound by care and love for family members
    2. Family connotes decency or wholesomeness
    3. Family suggest strength and resilience
  • The Basic Type of Family Structure
    One's family structure has a significant impact on
    the attitudes and behaviors of an adolescent.
    Hence, it is vital for a person to be aware of
    the structure of the family to which he or she
    belongs in order to understand himself or
    herself better.
  • Types of Families
    (On the Basis of Structure)
    Family structure refers "to the combination of
    relatives that comprise a family”. Classification
    on this variable considers the presence or absence
    of: legally married spouses or common law
    partners; children; and, other relatives"
  • Nuclear Family
    The nuclear family,
    consisting of a
    couple and their
    children,
    regardless of the
    number, is
    considered the
    conventional and
    ideal family
    structure for raising
    kids. Nuclear families usually center on a
    married couple -a husband and his wife-hence,
    are also called conjugal families.
  • Single-Parent Family
    A single-parent
    family involves
    one parent,
    traditionally a
    mother but
    increasingly
    fathers nowadays,
    solely responsible
    for raising their
    children. This
    setup often faces financial challenges due to the
    parent's need to work extensively, resulting in less
    time for parenting. Despite this, members tend to
    be close-knit, supporting each other through
    problem-solving. However, the children may
    receive less care and support due to the parent's
    work commitments, as there's only one parental
    figure present.
  • Extended Family
    An extended
    family expands
    beyond the
    nuclear family,
    often
    including
    grandparents
    , aunts,
    uncles, or
    cousins living
    together with parents and children. This
    structure forms for reasons like caregiving or
    economic necessity, creating complex dynamics
    within the household. This complexity might
    confuse children regarding parent figure,
    household authority, sibling relationships, and
    relations with relatives.
  • Stepfamily
    Also known as a reconstituted or blended family, forms when two adults unite through marriage or cohabitation, and one or both bring children from previous relationships into the household
  • Stepfamily
    • Often comprises children who are not genetically related to one of the parents
    • Introduces stepchildren, stepparents, and stepsiblings
    • The complexity depends on the number and gender of children from past relationships, sometimes resembling a nuclear family but often requiring adjustments due to the diverse relationships
  • Stepfamily
    Managing discipline styles and fostering flexibility among children dealing with various household members are common challenges
  • Grandparent family

    Grandparents and grandchildren living together due to various reasons like deceased or absent parents
  • Grandparent family

    • Grandparents often take on parental roles, typically being more lenient but also caring and supportive
    • Can lead to challenges like potential indulgence of children
  • Each family structure, including grandparent families, has its own merits and drawbacks
  • Extending love, care, respect, and support for one another is crucial for successful family relations, regardless of the family structure
  • (On the Basis of Blood Relationships)
    1. Conjugal Family – consist of a father,
    mother, and unmarried children who are not
    yetadults.
    2. Consanguineal Family – family of
    close relatives other than the parents and children
  • (On the Basis of Ancestry)
    1. Patrilineal Family – type of relationship
    system in which the family membership is
    traced through one’s father’s lineage.
    2. Matrilineal Family – the family
    connection is tracked through the mother’s
    ancestry
    3. Bilateral – a person’s family is traced
    through both parents’ linkages.
  • (On the Basis of Residence)
    1. Patrilocal - the residence is near or with the
    male’s family after marriage.
    2. Matrilocal – the family resides near or with
    the females family after marriage
    3. Avunculocal - the couple lives near or in
    grooms maternal uncle’s house
    4. Ambilocal - the family resides near or with
    males or females family
    5. Neolocal – the couple chooses to live on
    their own after marriage is neutral and away
    from both sides of the family
  • (On the basis of Authority)
    1. Patriarchal – the family enjoys full
    authority and controls the property of the family.
    2. Matriarchal - the mother has the
    authority. She is the owner of the property and
    rules over
    the family.
    3. Egalitarian – the husband is generally
    regarded as the head , but the wife is in charge
    of the money and the organization of the house
    and its affairs.
  • Four Types pf Parenting Styles used for Discipline:
    Authoritative Parenting
    o use of rationale, warmth, firm control, and
    issue-oriented discipline.
    o Parents invoke their authority to lead.
  • Authoritarian
    • toughness and unreceptiveness. Restrictive with heavy punishment and little or no explanation or response.
    • Tend to demand obedience without explanation.
  • Indulgent
    o parents are responsive but not demanding,
    they are very involved with their children
    but do not control them.
  • Neglectful
    o parents are inattentive and are remiss in
    their duties.
    o They do not seem to care and do not
    regulate the behavior of their children.
  • WHAT IS A ?
    A genogram (also known as a McGoldrick-Gerson study, a Lapidus Schematic or a Family
    Diagram) is a pictorial display of a person's family relationships and medical history
    ("Genogram," n.d.). It is an elaboration of the family tree where there is the visualization of
    hereditary patterns and relationships among the family members. In simple words, it is a detailed
    realistic picture of a genealogical chart that shows how members in a family of multiple generations
    are connected to each other.
  • A genogram is a valuable tool for understanding an individual's predispositions and the
    influences of their family and relatives on physical, personality, and behavioral traits.
    Exploring one's genogram can lead to self-awareness and highlight areas for personal improvement.
    There's no perfect genogram, but accuracy is enhanced through careful and truthful depiction of
    family relationships. Accepting the information revealed by the genogram requires courage and
    honesty from the individual conducting the research.
  • CONJUGAL FAMILY
    o Consist of a married couple and their children.
    o Conjugal means there is a marriage relationship.
  • The conventional nuclear family, seen as the ideal structure for raising children, provides kids with sufficient care, strength, and stability. The presence of both a father and a mother figure in this setup helps create a balanced environment for children's upbringing.
  • Female symbol - name, age
  • Male symbol - name, age
  • Unknown gender
  • Married - add the year or ages
  • De facto relationship - commencement date or ages
  • Separation - date or ages
  • Divorced - date or ages
  • Death - a small cross in the corner of the symbol (record date if known)
  • Dotted circle - this can be used to enclose the members living together currently, for example, who the young person is living with
  • Conflictual relationship
  • Very close
  • Distant relationship