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| What is a family? definition |
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| any combination of two or more people who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth and/or adaption/ placement and who, together, assume responsibilities for variant combinations. |
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| Name the variant combinations of the responsibilities of a family |
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- physical maintenance and care of group members
- addition of new members through procreation or adoption
- socialization of children
- social control of members
- production, consumption and distribution of goods and services
- affective nurterance- love |
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| marriages of homes or rules |
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| - people who develop intimacy because they live together and share experiences that come over the years to make up their uniqueness |
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census defintion of ...
husband and wife |
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| (with or without children who have never married regardless of age) living in the same dwelling |
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census defintion of ...
couples living together |
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| (with or without children who have never been married, from one or both partners) living in the same dwelling |
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census defintion of ...
single parent |
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| (with one or more children who have never married regardless of age) living in the same dwelling |
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Funstions of a family
1. physical maintenance and care of family members |
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- families provide food, shelter, and clothing for their members
- families also provide health care and protection from dangerous situations |
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Family functions
2 Addition of new members |
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| - families are expected to provide and raise the next generation of members for a society |
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family functions
3. socialization of children |
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- familes are responsible for helping people learn how to fit into the society
- this involves the necessary skills, as well as appreciating the characteristics, og the culture
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family functions
4. Social control of members |
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- the families are responsible for ensuring that their members behave appropiately in different situations and learn ways to interact positively with others
- individuals learn values and attitudes that are carried throughout life |
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family functions
5. Production, consumption and distribution of goods and servics |
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- families are part of the economic system in a society
- family members earn money to purchase the supplies needed to survive
- they also decide on how the goods and services will be distributed within the family |
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family functions
6. love and affective nurturance |
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- families help to meet the emotional needs of each member
- children, as well as adults, learn to express feelings and give and recieve emotional support in a caring enviroment |
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| what is family forms/structure? |
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| the composition and membership of the family and the way in whicha family is organize according to roles, rules, power and hierarchy |
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types of families
1.nuclear families |
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Definition
| composed mostly of 2 parents and their one or more biological or adopted children living together |
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types of families
2. extended families |
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- composed of parents, children, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and other blood relations
- could be living together or not all living together |
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types of families
3. blended, recombined, or reconstituted families
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| - composed of parent who have divorced their first spouse, remarrie someone else and have formed a new family that includes children from one or both marriags, and/or from remarriage |
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types of families
4. childless families
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| consisting of a couple only (mo children ever) |
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types of families
5. lone parent families |
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| composed of one parent, most often a mother with a child or children |
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Family forms/structures
6. Cohabiting couples and Common-law Marriages |
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- consisting of family arrangements that resemble other forms, but without legalized marriage
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family form/structures
7. Gay and lesbian parents |
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| - consisting of same- sex parents and the children |
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Term
| definition of family cycle |
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| the concept that attempts to describe the effects of time on a family through the phases of marriage(and divirce) and births and deaths |
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starting of the family cycle
The independence stage |
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Definition
- individual enters adulthood and begins to seperate emotionally from family
- want to be able to support yourself emotionally, physically, socially and financially
- begin to develop unique qualities and characteristics that define your individual |
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family life cycle
1. the begginning stage
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- begin with a couple
- no children |
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family life cycle
2. parental stage |
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Definition
| - consists of 3 areas and lasts until children are financially on their own |
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family cycle
2.parental stage
- the 3 phases
A. the expanding years
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- new members are added
- children are small |
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family cycle
2. parental stages
the 3 stages
B the development years |
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family cycle
2. parental stage
3 phases
C Launching |
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| - exit of children from the family unit |
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family cycle
3. the middle age stage |
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| - children have grown up and left home one or both people are still employed full time |
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family cycle
4. the retirement stage |
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Definition
| free from burdens of work and raising children |
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- more privledges
- centre of attention
- no competition |
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- high expectations
- like the guinea pig for the parents
- grow up too quick |
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- better sense of their identity
- less strict |
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- not as many privledges
- need to compete |
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- more social
- the peacemaker |
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- less strict
- learn faster |
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- spoiled
- babied too long
- looked down apon by older siblings |
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- marriage counselling
- seperation
- acquiring a lawyer
- going to divorce |
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divorce
normal stages of reaction(for kids) |
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- denial
- sadnedd/grief
- anger
- bargaining
- acceptance |
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divorce
ways to cope (for children) |
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1. talk honestly and openly
2. forgive- move past
3. rebuild relationships, establish trust
4. take some risks, reach out
5. assume responsibilty for own actions |
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1. make decisions in your childs best interest
2. ask questions
3. let parents know you will not be a pawn
4. tell parents what you are feeling
5. be clear and diplomatic
6. make own decisions of whom to live with
7. custody support visitation posessions
8. children have rights but usually used |
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divorce
coping skills (dealing with the situation/venting feelings) |
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1. be rational - no screaming, yelling
2. ask for things to be predictable
3. tell your parents how to handle situations on how you feel |
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| what are some of the things that happen to teens when there is a divorce? |
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1. new home
2. making a decision with who to live with
3. new school
4. not getting to do teen things
5. new roles
6. give up a lot
7. new responsiblilities |
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| who can you talk to if you are having trouble with your childrens divorce |
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Definition
minister
counselor
family members
peers
parents |
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Term
| families are in a constant state of flex - this means.... |
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Definition
| that they are constantly changing |
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| the traditional family (eg. the Flinstones) |
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Definition
- the dad as head of the household and was the sole of the income
- mother stayed home and rasied the kids and looked after the household chores - cooking, cleaning, etc
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| why families have changed |
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Definition
- death
- serious illness
- birth of a child
- birth of a grand child
- loss of employment
- custody arrangements
- government instability
- war
- economic crisis
- famine/hunger
-natural land disasters
- immigration |
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- from the moment you draw you first breath when you are born there are a number of factors that shape your personality
- many believe that your birth order has a bearing on shaping your personality |
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- special importance
- siblings look up
- centre of the universe, guinea ig-inexperienced parents learn by trial and error
- extra attention
- first borns are often placed on the throne, feel dethroned when second child comes along
- in attempt to recover that position as centre of attention tries to please parents
- do well in school (mostly)
- follows rules and regulations, leader
- help mom and dad
- morally superior - they know how to run things
- earn responsibilty early- especially if second child comes along |
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- rebellious or opposite to first born
- need to compete with forst born
- dont ant to like older sibling (if first born good student second will show parent what a poor student is all about )
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- feel ustaged, left out, hard to predict
- peacemaker, compromise
- good observers
- no right and wrong
- comfortable and balanced
- more social if older and younger siblings
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- inconsistent
- encouraged to be a child too long
- babied, parents knowit is last one
- looked down on
- not as self reliant
- learn faster |
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- lonely- resent lack of siblings
- independnt- lack of soblings encourages responsibility as no other children to lean on
-adult like - more opporunities relating to thoe much olderthan themselves
- pampered - no other siblings so centre of attention
- no competition
- have inexperienced parents- parental anxiety passed on to child |
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