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INTRODUCTION/WHAT IS A FAMILY? ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FAMILY MEMBERS TYPES OF FAMILIES:
Nuclear Family Extended Family Single Parent Compound. Blended/Reconstituted Family

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Dysfunctional Family
Sibling Family Adoptive Family Same Sex Parents Kibbutz

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WHAT IS A FAMILY ?
A FAMILY IS A GROUP OF PERSONS BY THE TIES OF MARRIAGE, BLOOD OR ADOPTION, CONSTITUTING A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD, INTERACTING AND INTERCOMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SOCIAL ROLES OF HUSBAND AND WIFE ,MOTHER AND FATHER, SON AND DAUGHTER, BROTHER AND SISTER ,CREATING A COMMON CULTURE.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FAMILY MEMBERS

Different members of a family have their roles and responsibilities to perform such as the following:

RESPONSIBILITIES OF A FATHER .
FATHER IS THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY. HE TAKES CARE OF HIS FAMILY BY EARNING A LIVING, GUIDING THE CHILDREN, AND MAKING THE FINAL DECISIONS THAT AFFECTS THE FAMILY. HE HELPS THE MOTHER MANAGE THE HOUSEHOLD. HE TAKES CHARGE OF THE HEAVY HOUSEHOLD TASKS LIKE CARPENTRY WORK, GARDENING, LIFTING HEAVY THINGS AND REPAIR WORKS LIKE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICITY.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF A MOTHER.
THE MOTHER IS USUALLY THE MANAGER OF THE HOUSEHOLD. SHE TAKES CARE OF THE CHILDREN AND SUPERVISES HOUSEHOLD TASKS. AS A PARTNER TO HER HUSBAND, SHE HELPS EARN A LIVING AND HELP MAKE DECISIONS AFFECTING THE FAMILY. SHE PLANS THE MENU, DOES THE MARKETING AND PREPARES THE FAMILY MEALS. SHE EITHER SUPERVISES OR DOES HOUSE CLEANING, LAUNDERING, IRONING AND OTHER FINISHED TASKS. TODAY, HOWEVER, BOTH MOTHER AND FATHER CAN INTERCHANGE ROLES OR SHARE ROLES IN HOUSEKEEPING AND BREADWINNING DEPENDING ON THEIR SITUATION.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BROTHER.

BROTHER HELPS FATHER IN SOME HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DOING SIMPLE HOME REPAIRS, GARDENING AND CLEANING THE CAR. HE HELPS MOTHER IN THE KITCHEN AND IN OTHER HOUSEHOLD TASKS. HE ALSO ASSISTS IN OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE HOME LIKE RUNNING ERRANDS, TAKING CARE OF YOUNGER BROTHER OR SISTER, WATERING THE PLANTS AND SOME HOUSE CLEANING.

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RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SISTER.

SISTER HELPS MOTHER DO SOME OF THE HOUSEHOLD TASKS LIKE MARKETING, COOKING, WASHING DISHES, CLEANING, AND KEEPING THE HOUSE IN ORDER. SHE ALSO HELPS IN TAKING CARE OF THE YOUNGER BROTHERS OR SISTERS. SHE MAY ASSIST BROTHER IN OTHER HOUSEHOLD TASKS LIKE GARDENING, CHANGING BED SHEETS AND CURTAINS AND TAKING CARE OF THE LAUNDRY.

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NOWADAYS, BOYS AND GIRLS ARE TAUGHT TO DO HOUSEHOLD TASKS REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEX. THIS MEANS THAT BOYS, LIKE GIRLS, SHOULD KNOW HOW TO COOK AND SERVE MEALS, REPAIR OR MEND WORN-OUT CLOTHES AND SOCKS, BEAUTIFY THE HOME, AND TAKE CARE OF YOUNGER BROTHERS OR SISTERS. GIRLS LIKE BOYS, SHOULD ALSO KNOW HOW TO DO REPAIR WORKS LIKE CHANGING A FUSE, REPAIRING BROKEN CHAIRS OR EQUIPMENT, REPAIRING AN ELECTRIC CORD, REPAIRING A LEAKING FAUCET, OR DO GARDENING WORK. THE BENEFIT DERIVED FROM TRAINING EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY TO DO ANY KIND OF HOUSEHOLD WORK, CONSIDERING HIS AGE AND HEALTH CONDITION, IS THAT EVERYONE CAN BE RELIED UPON TO DO THE WORK IN THE ABSENCE OF THE OTHER. IT ALSO ENCOURAGES UNITY AND COOPERATION IN MAKING THE HOME A BEAUTIFUL AND HAPPY PLACE TO LIVE IN.

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TYPES OF FAMILIES
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FAMILIES OCCUR IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SETTINGS, AND THEIR SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS AND MEANINGS DEPEND LARGELY ON THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS. TYPES OF FAMILIES INCLUDE:

Nuclear Family Extended Family Single Parent Compound. Blended/Reconstituted Family Dysfunctional Family Sibling Family Adoptive Family Same Sex Parents Kibbutz
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NUCLEAR FAMILY
NUCLEAR FAMILY - CONSIST OF ONLY A FATHER ,MOTHER AND CHILD/CHILDREN LIVING UNDER ONE ROOF. NUCLEAR FAMILIES DO NOT FORM THE FAMILY UNIT IN EVERY SOCIETY. NUCLEAR FAMILIES ARE TYPICAL IN SOCIETIES WHERE PEOPLE MUST BE RELATIVELY MOBILE - SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES.

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IN MANY MODERN SOCIETIES THE NUCLEAR FAMILY IS IDENTICAL TO THE TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD UNIT. MEMBERS OF THE NUCLEAR FAMILY SHARE THE SAME DWELLING PLACE, USUALLY A SINGLE HOUSE OR APARTMENT. IN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES THE NUCLEAR FAMILY IS OFTEN THE PRIMARY UNIT OF PRODUCTION, SHARING TASKS AND TAKING COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INCOME THAT SUSTAINS THEM. IN BOTH AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER TYPES OF COMMUNITIES, THE NUCLEAR FAMILY IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE PRIMARY UNIT OF ECONOMIC CONSUMPTION. ONE OR BOTH PARENTS, AND SOMETIMES CHILDREN, EARN MONEY OUTSIDE THE HOME AND THEN SHARE AT LEAST SOME OF THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOUR WITH THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE.

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EXTENDED FAMILY
AROUND A UNILINEAL DESCENT GROUP (I.E., A GROUP IN WHICH DESCENT THROUGH EITHER THE FEMALE OR THE MALE LINE IS EMPHASIZED). THE EXTENDED FAMILY SYSTEM OFTEN, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OCCURS IN REGIONS IN WHICH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE NUCLEAR FAMILY TO ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THE EXTENDED FAMILY DOES NOT NECESSARILY LIVE IN THE SAME DWELLING, BUT NORMALLY THE MEMBERS LIVE CLOSE TOGETHER AND WORK IN TEAMS.
EXTENDED FAMILY - AN EXPANSION OF THE NUCLEAR FAMILY USUALLY BUILT

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SINGLE PARENT FAMILY

SINGLE -PARENT FAMILY- A LONE PARENT AND OFFSPRING LIVING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY UNIT. THIS USUALLY OCCURS WITH THE DEATH OF THE SPOUSE ,DIVORCE OR SINGLE PERSON ADOPTION.

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SOCIAL SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THAT CHILDREN GROWING UP IN SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES ARE DISADVANTAGED IN OTHER WAYS WHEN COMPARED TO A TWOBIOLOGICAL-PARENT FAMILIES. MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE POOR ECONOMIC CONDITION OF SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES, NOT JUST TO PARENTING STYLE. THESE CHILDREN ARE AT RISK FOR THE FOLLOWING: -LOWER LEVELS OF EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT -TWICE AS LIKELY TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL -MORE LIKELY TO BECOME TEEN PARENTS -MORE CONFLICT WITH THEIR PARENT(S) -LESS SUPERVISED BY ADULTS -MORE FREQUENTLY ABUSE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL -MORE HIGH-RISK SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR -MORE LIKELY TO JOIN A GANG -TWICE AS LIKELY TO GO TO JAIL -MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE -TWICE AS LIKELY TO GET DIVORCED IN ADULTHOOD STUDIES HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN A TWO-PARENT FAMILY WHERE ONE PARENT IS ABUSIVE OR HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR DO NOT DO AS WELL AS CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS DIVORCE IF THE CHILD THEN LIVES IN A SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY WITH THE NON-ABUSIVE PARENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT EVERY SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY IS DIFFERENT. CHILDREN WHO ARE LIVING WITH A WIDOWED MOTHER WILL HAVE A HOME LIFE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM CHILDREN WITH DIVORCED PARENTS OR THOSE WHOSE PARENTS WERE NEVER MARRIED. CHILDREN OF DIVORCED PARENTS WILL HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PARENTS AND PARENTS' PARTNERS DEPENDING ON CUSTODY ARRANGEMENTS AND THE COMMITMENT OF THE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT TO MAINTAINING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHILD. DESPITE THE FACT THAT CHILDREN FROM SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES OFTEN FACE A TOUGHER TIME ECONOMICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY THAN CHILDREN FROM TWO-BIOLOGICAL-PARENT FAMILIES, CHILDREN FROM SINGLEPARENT FAMILIES CAN GROW UP DOING WELL IN SCHOOL AND MAINTAINING HEALTHY BEHAVIOURS AND RELATIONSHIPS.

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COMPOUND FAMILY
COMPOUND FAMILY- TWO SINGLE PARENT TYPE OF FAMILIES TOGETHER BY TIES OF MARRIAGE. THERE GOES WHAT WE CALL STEPFATHER/MOTHER AND STEP-SISTERS/BROTHERS. (A nuclear family in which children are directly related to only one of the parents.)

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BLENDED/RECONSTITUTED FAMILY
BLENDED FAMILY- A FAMILY UNIT COMPOSED OF A MARRIED COUPLE AND THEIR OFFSPRING INCLUDING SOME FROM PREVIOUS MARRIAGES.

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SAME SEX PARENTS/FAMILIES

SAME SEX FAMILIES A COUPLE OF THE SAME GENDER HAS KIDS EITHER BY CO-PARENTING, ADOPTION, DONOR INSEMINATION OR SURROGACY AND RAISES THEM AS THIER OWN.

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DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY
DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY - A FAMILY IN WHICH CONFLICT, MISBEHAVIOUR AND EVEN ABUSE ON THE PART OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OCCUR CONTINUALLY, LEADING OTHER MEMBERS TO ACCOMMODATE SUCH ACTIONS. CHILDREN SOMETIMES GROW UP IN SUCH FAMILIES WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT IS NORMAL. DYSFUNCTIONAL- FAMILIES ARE MOST OFTEN A RESULT OF THE ALCOHOLISM, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, OR OTHER ADDICTIONS OF PARENTS, PARENTS' UNTREATED MENTAL ILLNESSES/DEFECTS OR PERSONALITY DISORDERS, OR THE PARENTS EMULATING THEIR OWN DYSFUNCTIONAL PARENTS AND DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY EXPERIENCES.

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SIBLING FAMILY
SIBLING FAMILY - WHERE THERE IS CHILDREN LIVING TOGETHER WITHOUT PARENTS. THE ELDEST CHILD/CHILDREN MANAGES THE HOUSEHOLD . THIS USUALLY OCCURS BECAUSE OF ABANDONMENT OR DEATH OF PARENTS. A SIBLING HOUSEHOLD CAN FACE MANY SOCIAL ,PSYCHOLOGICAL AND FINACIAL PROMBLEMS.

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ADOPTIVE FAMILY
ADOPTIVE FAMILY -A COUPLE/ PERSON WHO ADOPTS A CHILD/CHILDREN OF OTHER PARENTS TO RAISE AS THEIR OWN .

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KIBBUTZ
KIBBUTZ- REPRESENTS A FORM OF CHILD REARING THAT IS PARTICULAR TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL. IT IS A VOLUNTARY COLLECTIVE LIVING ARRANGEMENT IN WHICH CHILDREN ARE RAISED BY MULTIPLE CAREGIVERS. THE FOUNDATION OF THE KIBBUTZ IS A TRADITIONAL FAMILY STRUCTURE WITH A GROUP FRAMEWORK AS ITS BASE. IT FOCUSES ON THE IDEA OF COLLECTIVE REARING AS OPPOSED TO ONE MOTHER. A KIBBUTZ MAINTAINS A GENERAL AGRICULTURAL FOCUS AND ENTERTAINS NO FORMS OF PRIVATE WEALTH. EACH KIBBUTZ IS AN ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY AUTONOMOUS UNIT. IT IS A UNIQUE, GROUP-ORIENTED INSTITUTION THAT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE STRUGGLE TOWARDS THE CREATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. KIBBUTZ SOCIETY DID THIS BY SETTLING IN OUTLYING AREAS ALONG THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE BORDERS, BY PROVIDING A HOME FOR THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS ENTERING THE STATE, AND BY FURTHERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND DEFENCE. THE KIBBUTZ POPULATION HAS BEEN SLOWLY DECLINING SINCE THE EARLY 1990'S, HOWEVER, THE IMPACT IT HAD ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL STILL STANDS STRONG.

Children of Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, 1998

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http://www.candymag.com/teentalk/index.php?topic=170172.0

http://www.bukisa.com

http://www.pineforge.com

http://www.answers.com

http://www.wikipedia.org/

http://www.britannica.com

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