Lesson 2

Mr. Elijah Azarcon

ESP 8 Teacher
Review”
• What is Family?
• What are the three major stages of a family?
• What are the classification of family according to
degree of authority.
• What are the classification of family according to
structural organization?
Lesson 3: Functions and Duties of Family
Members

There is no such penalty for error and folly as to see

one’s children suffer for it. There is no such
reward for a well-spent life as to see one’s children
well started in life, owing to their parent’s good
health, good principles, fixed character, good
breeding, and in general the whole outfit that
enables them to fight the battle of life with
success.
-W. G. Summer
• Raising a family is one of life’s noblest
undertakings. It is also one of the most difficult
things to do. It is not only bearing children but
caring for them as well.
• It is the duty of the parents to raise their
children to be functional citizens. Parents should
be role models to their children, so they too will
strive to do their best.
• With more women holding full-time jobs,
responsibilities at home need to be shared and
communicated among family members.
• Marriage and family life require partnership.
• One of the responsibilities of the married couple
is the management of the household.
• Getting the entire family to help with the
housework is challenging. Each member should
understand his/her role in family life.
Role of the Father
• He is usually the provider of the family.
▫ He works hard to provide his family with its basic
needs.
• He is the leader of the family.
▫ He speaks for the family and makes the ultimate
decision on matters that affect the welfare of the
family.
• He is the disciplinarian.
▫ He establishes and implements reasonable rules
and limitations in the home.
• He is the spiritual head of the home.
▫ He leads the children toward their spiritual
development and upliftment.
• He protects the family.
▫ He sees to it that his family is secure and free
from danger.
• He teaches by example.
▫ Parents teach the best when their children see
them as role models/
Role of the Mother
• The Mother is the light and guide of the family,
the strength of the husband, the inspiration of
the children.
• She takes care of the household.
• She takes care of her husband’s and children’s
needs.
• She assumes the responsibility of preparing the
children for adulthood.
• She is the treasurer. She budgets the income and
allocates for all the family expenditures.
• She provides a home environment in which the
family members are happy, secure, and contented.
• She takes care of the children and teaches them
good values. She is the guiding light of the home.
• She assists in earning a living, thus, adding
incomes to the family. She has become an equal
partner in the economic support of the family.
The following functions can be shared by
both the father and the mother.
• As heads of the family. A mother and father can both
play this role by conferring with each other on certain
family decisions.
• As providers of the family. Both mother and father can
work hard to provide for the family’s needs.
• As leaders in the family. Both mother and father can
speak for the family, working harmoniously together so
as not to overpower or dominate the other. Together
they can lead the children to a direction that would
bring out the best in them and make the family help the
community, the church, and the nation as a whole.
• As disciplinarian. Mother and father can both
establish and implement reasonable rules and
limitations in the home.
• As spiritual heads of the home. Mother and father
must both attend to the children’s spiritual
development and upliftment.
• As protector’s of the family. Both husband and wife
must see to it that the family is secure and free from
danger.
• As role models. The mother and father must teach by
example by their actions and behavior, by their very
lives. They can teach best when their children see
them as role models. As a famous Filipino adage puts
it, “Kung ano ang puso, siya ang bunga”.
The Children are the fruit of their parents
love for each other.
• They’re the joy of their parents.
• They help in doing household chores and
support their father and mother whenever,
however, and wherever possible.
• They are sent to school to learn and become
productive members of the society and/or
become worthy members of the family or the
“pride” of the nation.
• As they grow up, they can share in decision
making in the family. They may also be
consulted-asked about their observation and
recommendation
Response-Abilities/Responsibilities
• The Constitution of the Republic of the
Philippines provides that the family is the basic
social unit of society. The family is responsible
for providing what its members need for their
physical health, dignity, development of self-
concept or self-worth, and potentialities.
• Our family is a source of the material and
nonmaterial values that shape our life.
Peschke (1994:543-545) Summarizes the
basic functions of the family as:
• Primary Economic Community – As an
economic unit, the family provides for a person’s
everyday needs. Such as food, shelter, and
clothing. The task of housekeeping is a part of
this function.
• Primary Educational Unit – Children depend
primarily on the education within the family as
their first school. The family also lays the
foundation for other virtues, such as readiness to
help, consideration, fairness, sincerity, and
diligence.

• Primary Spiritual community – family is a

household of faith. It passes on spiritual belief,
cultivates religious traditions, and translates
religious convictions into daily life.
From familiaris Consortio 39, which are exhortations of
Pope John Paul II on the family in the modern world, the
church emphasizes four general functions or tasks for the
family:
• Forming a Community of persons rooted in love
– the love between husband and wife, between
parents and children, between brothers and
sisters, relatives and members of the household
is given life and dynamism that leads to more
intense communion that is the foundation and
soul of the community of marriage and family.
• Serving life – The family serves and actualizes
the original blessing of the creator – that of
transmitting by procreation the divine image
from person to person.
• Participating in the development of society –
The family as the first and vital cell of society has
organic links with the latter. It is in the family
that citizens come to life and it is within the
family that they find the first school of the social
virtues that are the animating principles of the
existence and development of society itself.
Sharing in the life and mission of the
church
• The family is placed at the service of the building
of God’s kingdom in history by participating in
the life and mission of the church.
Activity:
• Think of ways by which you can show your
parents and the members of your family that you
appreciate their roles in shaping your life. Write
your answer in a ½ sheet of paper.
ASSIGNMENT!!!

TAKE CARE ALWAYS, GOD BLESS!

Shalom!!!
-Sir Eli ^-^