Payanay Fatima May E. Bsn-2A // CHN Lec

PAYANAY FATIMA MAY E.
L- love must prevail between me and
BSN-2A // CHN LEC Y-you
FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY
 Is the basic social institution and the 1. The family as a social group is universal
primary group in society and is significant element in man’s
 A social group characterized by social life.
common residence, economic 2. It is the first social group to which the
cooperation and reproduction. It individual is expose
includes both sexes, at least two of who 3. Family contract and relationships are
maintain a socially approved sexual repetitive and continuous.
relationship, and one or two children. 4. The family is very close and intimate
(mudock, 1949) group
 A group of persons united by ties of 5. It Is the setting of the most intense
marriage, blood or adoption, emotional experience during the
constituting a single household, lifetime of the individual
interacting and communication with 6. The family affects the individual’s social
each other in their perspective social values disposition and outlook in life
roles of husband and wife, mother and 7. The family has the unique position of
father, son and daughter, brother and serving as a link between the individual
sister, and creating and maintaining a and the larger society.
common culture. 8. The family is also unique in providing
 From a systems perspective, a family is continuity of social life
defined as a collection of people who
are integrated, interacting and
interdependent (hunt, 1997:126). Just TYPES OF FAMILY IN TODAY’S SOCIETY
like other systems, the parts interact
with each other members. The family o Traditional family
has boundary which means that other o Two-career family
people can recognize its members and o Single-parent family
those who are not. o Adolescent family
o Foster family
o Blended family
F- father o Intragenerational family
o Cohabiting family
A- and o Gay and lesbian family
M-mother o Single adults living alone
I-implying the presence of children where

CLASSIFICATION OF FAMILY STRUCTURE: 9. COHABITATING
 Old, unmarried couple living together
A. Base on internal organization & usually because of companionship or
membership financial reasons
1. NUCLEAR 10. MIDDLE AGED OR AGING COUPLE
 Primary or elementary family  Husband and wife at home or either are
 Composed of the father, mother and gainfully employed and children have
children been “launched” into career or
2. EXTENDED marriage
 Two or more nuclear families related to
each other economically or socially
 Extension through unmarried children
B. Based on place of residence
and the married children with their
families live with the parents 1. PARTRILOCAL
 Requires the newly wed couple to live
 Extension through polygamous
marriage with the family of the bridegroom or
near the residence of the parents of the
3. SINGLE PARENT FAMILY
 One parent, either a father or a mother bridegroom
2. MATRILOCAL
as a consequence of divorce,
abandonment or separation of lives  Requires the newly wed couple to live
with or near the residence of the
with a child or children of his/her own
4. SINGLE ADULT bridge’s parents.
3. BILOCAL
 Living alone, usually with a career, who
may or may not desire to marry  Provides the newly wed couples the
choice of staying with either the
5. INSTITUTIONAL FAMILY
 Children in orphanges, residential groom’s parents or the bridge’s
parents, depending on factors like the
schools and correctional institutions
6. DYADIC NUCLEAR FAMILY relative wealth of the families or their
status, the wisher of their parents or
 Husband and wife live together without
any child, one or both maybe gainfullt certain personal preferences of the
bride or the groom.
employed
7. HOMOSEXUAL FAMILIES 4. NEOLOCAL
 Permits the couple ro reside
 A homosexual coupe, male or female
lives together with or without adopted independently of their parents. They
can decide on their own as far as their
children
8. RECONSTITUTED NUCLEAR FAMILY residence is concern.
5. AVUNCULOCAL
 Remarried men and women living in a
common household with children from  Prescribes the newly wed couple to
reside with or near the maternal uncle
both previous marriages and from the
current marriage of the grooms
the roles of a protector, provider and
guardian. They look after the infant’s
C. Based on descent physical and maternal needs, giving it
1. PATRILINEAL sustenance, nourishment and
 Affiliates a person with a group of protection.
relatives through his or her father. 3. Socialization- the family transmit
2. MATRILINEAL culture of the group, its patterned ways
 Affiliates a person with a group of of living and values through example,
relatives through his or her mother. teaching and indoctrination
3. BILATERAL 4. Family gives its members status
 Affiliates a person with a group of 5. Social control- the family continually
relatives related through both his or her exerts pressure on its members to make
parents. them conform to what it considers as
desirable behavior
6. Economics- the family provides
D. Based on authority economic needs of the members
1. PATRIARCHAL
 Authority is vested in the oldest male in
the family STAGES & TASKS
2. MATRIARCHAL
 Authority is vested in the mother or 1. BEGINNING FAMILY
mother’s kin
3. EGALITARIAN Tasks:
 The husband and wife exercise a more  Establishing a mutually satisfying
or less equal amount of authority marriage
4. MATRICENTRIC  Planning to have or not have children
 Prolonged absence of the father gives 2. CHILD-BEARING FAMILY
the mother a dominant position in the
family, although the father may also Tasks:
share with the mother in decision-
 Having and adjusting to infant
making
 Supporting the needs of all three
members
 Renegotiating martial relationships
FUNCTIONS OF A FAMILY 3. FAMILY WITH PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN
 Guiding a child in his growth and
1. Regulates sexual behavior and
reproduction- within the marriage development
 Preparing a child in entering in a school
bond, sex expression is socially
sanctioned. It also serves to provide 4. FAMILY WITH SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
legitimate children with a status. Tasks:
2. Biological maintenance- the human
infant is born helpless and parents fill
 Adjusting to the activity of the growing
children
 Promoting joint decisions between
children and parents
 Encouraging and supporting children’s
educational achievements
5. FAMILY WITH TEENAGERS AND YOUNG
ADULST
Tasks:
 Maintaining open communication

among members
 Supporting ethical and moral values
within the family
 Balancing freedom with responsibility
of teenagers
 Releasing young adults with
appropriate rituals and assistance
6. POST-PARENTAL FAMILY
Tasks:
 Strengthening marital relationships

 Maintaining supportive home base
7. AGING FAMILY
Task:
 Preparing for retirement

 Maintaining ties with younger and older
generations
 Adjusting to retirement
 Adjusting to loss of spouse

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PAYANAY FATIMA MAY E.

L- love must prevail between me and

BSN-2A // CHN LEC Y-you

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY

I-implying the presence of children where

 Maintaining open communication

 Strengthening marital relationships

 Preparing for retirement

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