The document discusses different family structures and legacies. It defines traditional and nuclear families as consisting of two married parents raising their biological children. It also describes extended, step, single-parent, adoptive, blended, foster, gay or lesbian, immigrant, and migrant families. The section on family legacies emphasizes the importance of providing children with a sense of security, social skills, and spiritual guidance.
The document discusses different family structures and legacies. It defines traditional and nuclear families as consisting of two married parents raising their biological children. It also describes extended, step, single-parent, adoptive, blended, foster, gay or lesbian, immigrant, and migrant families. The section on family legacies emphasizes the importance of providing children with a sense of security, social skills, and spiritual guidance.
The document discusses different family structures and legacies. It defines traditional and nuclear families as consisting of two married parents raising their biological children. It also describes extended, step, single-parent, adoptive, blended, foster, gay or lesbian, immigrant, and migrant families. The section on family legacies emphasizes the importance of providing children with a sense of security, social skills, and spiritual guidance.
The document discusses different family structures and legacies. It defines traditional and nuclear families as consisting of two married parents raising their biological children. It also describes extended, step, single-parent, adoptive, blended, foster, gay or lesbian, immigrant, and migrant families. The section on family legacies emphasizes the importance of providing children with a sense of security, social skills, and spiritual guidance.
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MODULE 11:FAMILY
STRUCTURES AND LEGACIES MODULE 11 FAMILY STRUCTURE
The traditional family structure is
considered a family support system which involves two married individuals providing cares and stability for their biological offspring. The family is created at birth and stablishes ties across generations DIFFERENT KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES NUCLEAR FAMILY
A family unit consisting of at most
a father, mother and dependent children. It is considered the “traditional”family. EXTENDED FAMILY
A family consisting of parents and
children, along with either grandparents, grandchildrens, aunts or uncles, and cousins STEP FAMILIES
Two families brougth together due
to divores, seperstion, and remarriage. SINGLE PARENT FAMILY
This can either be a father or a
mother who is singly responsible for the raising of a child (either by choice or by life circumtances). The child can be by birth or adoption. ADOPTIVE FAMILY
A family where in one or more of
the children has been adopted. BI-RACIAL OR MULTI-RACIAL FAMILY
A family where the parents are
members of different racial identity groups. TRANS-RACIAL ADOPTIVE FAMILY
A family where the adopted child
is of a different racial identity group than the parents. BLENDED FAMILY
A family that consist of member
from two or more previous families. CONDITIONALLY SEPARATED FAMILIES
A family member is seperated
from the rest of the family. This may be due to employment, military service, hospitalization etc… FOSTER FAMILY
A family where one or more of the
children is legally a temporary member of the household. GAY OR LESBIAN FAMILY
A FAMILY WHERE ONE OR BOTH OF
THE PARENTS SEXUAL ORIENTATION IS GAY OR LESBIAN. IMMIGRANT FAMILY
A family where the parents have
immigrated to another country as adults. Their children may or may not be immigrants. MIGRANT FAMILY
A family that moves regularly to
place where they have employment. FAMILY LEGACIES EMOTIONAL LEGACY
In order to prosper, our children
need an enduring sense of security and stability nurtured in an environment of safety and love. SOCIAL LEGACY
The really succeed in life, our
children need to learn more than management techniques, accounting, reading, writing and geometry. They need to learn the fine art of relating to people. SPIRITUAL LEGACY
As spiritual beings, we adopt
attitudes and beliefs about spiritual matters from one source or another. As parents, we need to take the initiative and present our faith to our children.
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