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| People not biologically related who consider themselves a social unit |
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| Individuals joined together by marriage, blood , adoption, or residence in the same household |
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| What are characteristics of families? |
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| Emotional closeness, sharing, support |
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| What are the ten types of families? |
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1. Nuclear 2. Dual career/dual earner 3. Childless 4. Extended
5. Extended kin network 6. Single parent 7. Stepfamily
8. Bi nuclear 9. Nonmarital heterosexual cohabiting
10. Gay & lesbian |
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| Characteristics of a nuclear family |
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| 1. Husband provider 2. Wife stays home 3. Children 4. Was the norm in the US 5. No longer common |
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| Characteristics of a Dual career/dual earner family |
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| 1. both parents work 2. 2/3 of US families |
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| Characteristics of a childless family |
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1. Growing trend 2. 10% of couples have infertility problems
3. 5% of married couples are voluntarily childless |
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| Characteristics of a extended family |
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1. Couple shares household and childrearing responsibilities with parents, siblings, or other relatives
2. More common in non US cultures and in working class families |
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| Characteristics of a extended kin network family |
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| 1. Type of extended family 2. two nuclear families live in close proximity 3. share support, chores, goods, services |
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| Characteristics of a single parent family |
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1. Head of household is widowed, divorced, abandoned or separated
2. Rare in the past but more common today |
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| Characteristics of a Step family |
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1. Biologic parent with children & new spouse who may or may not have children
2. More common due to high divorce rates |
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| Characteristics of a Binuclear family |
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1. Post divorce family 2. Biological children are members of two nuclear households (mother & father)
3. Children alternate between two homes |
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| Characteristics of a nonmarital heterosexual family |
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| 1. Heterosexual couple 2. May or may not have children 3. Live together outside of marriage |
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| Characteristics of a gay or lesbian family |
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| 1. Same sex orientation 2. Live together 3. With or without children |
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| Duvall's definition of family |
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| Small group; semi-closed system of personalities interacting with the larger cultural social system |
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| Duvall's Stages of family life cycle characteristics |
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1. Based on nuclear family
2. Oldest child is the marker
3. Families with more than one child may overlap |
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Beginning the Family: Married couples with no children (2 yrs)
Phase 1: Establishment Phase
Phase 2: Expectant Phase |
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The expanding family: Childbearing family (birth to 30 months)
1. Exaltation phase (birth until parents take baby home)
2. Homecoming phase (from time child is taken to third month)
3. Stabilization phase (3rd thru 30th month of baby’s life) |
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| Family with the preschooler (oldest child 2.5-5yrs; usually one or two other children) |
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| Family with school child (7yrs; oldest child is between 5 or 6 and 12; may have younger children in all developmental stages) |
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| The Maturing Family: Family with Teenagers (7 yrs; oldest child is 13 years until time he leaves home; may have children in all developmental stages) |
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| The Contracting Family: Family as launching Center and Recruiter (6.5 yrs; Oldest child leaves home until last child leaves home) |
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| Family in the middle years (15 yrs; empty nest until retirement) |
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| Family in later year (16 yrs; retirement until death of one or both spouses) |
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| The process by which the child within the family is supported in learning about the norms and rituals of both family and society |
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| A good parent gives a child a sense of belonging to a group |
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1. Authoritative- sets rules but is warm and loving
2. Authoritarian- harsh punishments for breaking rules; not warm and nurturing
3. Permissive- low demands high resposiveness |
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1. Financial
2. Difficult temperament
3. Disabled child
4. Marital problems |
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| Nursing interventions for parenting |
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1. Reassurance
2. Role modeling
3. Teaching
4. Identification of red flags
5. Unsolicited advice (grandmas, uncles, etc)
6. Cultural issues |
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