FAMILY

Is the basic social institution and the primary group in society

A social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction. It includes both sexes, at least two of who maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or two children. (Mudock,1949).

A group of persons united by ties of marriage, blood or adoption, constituting a single household, interacting and communicating with each other in their perspective social roles of husband and wife, mother and father, son and daughter, brother and sister, and creating and maintaining a common culture.

F - Father A - And M - Mother Implying the presence I of children where

L - Love must prevail

between me and Y - You

CHARACTERISTICS OF A FAMILY 1. The family as a social group is universal and is significant element in mans social life. 2. It is the first social group to which the individual is expose.

3. Family contract and relationships are repetitive and continuous.

4. The family is very close and intimate group. 5. It is the setting of the most intense emotional experience during the lifetime of the individual.

6. The family affects the individuals social values disposition and outlook in life.
7. The family has the unique position of serving as a link between the individual and the larger society.

8. The family is also unique in providing continuity of social life.

Types of Family in Todays Society

Traditional Family Two-Career Family Single-Parent Family Adolescent Family Foster Family Blended Family Intragenerational Family Cohabiting Family Gay and Lesbian Family Single Adults Living Alone

CLASSIFICATION OF FAMILY STRUCTURE: A. BASE ON INTERNAL ORGANIZATION & MEMBERSHIP

1.NUCLEAR
Primary or elementary family Composed of the father, mother and children

2. EXTENDED Two or more nuclear families related to each other economically or socially Extension through unmarried children and the married children with their families live with the parents. Extension through polygamous marriage.

B. BASED ON PLACE OF RESIDENCE

1. PATRILOCAL

requires the newly wed couple to live with the family of the bridegroom or near the residence of the parents of the bridegroom.

2. MATRILOCAL requires the newly wed couple to live with or near the residence of the brides parents.

3. BILOCAL Provides the newly wed couples the choice of staying with either the grooms parents or the brides parents, depending on factors like the relative wealth of the families or their status, or their status, the wishes of their parents or certain personal preferences of the bride or the groom.

4.NEOLOCAL

Permits the couple to reside independently of their parents. They can decide on their own as far as their residence is concern.

5. AVUNCULOCAL

Prescribes the newly wed couple to reside with or near the maternal uncle of the groom.

C. BASED ON DESCENT
1. PATRILINEAL Affiliates a person with a group of relatives through his or her father.

2. MATRILINEAL Affiliates a person with a group of relatives through his or her mother.

3. BILATERAL Affiliates a person with a group of relatives related through both his or her parents.

D. BASED ON AUTHORITY
1. Patriarchal Authority is vested in the oldest male in the family.

2. Matriarchal Authority is vested in the mother or mothers kin.

3. Egalitarian The husband and wife exercise a more or less equal amount of authority.

4. Matricentric
Prolonged absence of the father gives the mother a dominant position in the family, although the father may also share with the mother in decision-making.

FUNCTIONS OF A FAMILY 1.Regulates sexual behavior and reproduction. Within the marriage bond, sex expression is socially sanctioned. It also serves to provide legitimate children with a status.

2.Biological maintenance the human infant is born helpless and parents fill the roles of a protector, provider and guardian. They look after the infants physical and maternal needs, giving it sustenance, nourishment and protection.

3. Socialization the family transmit culture of the group, its patterned ways of living and values through example, teaching and indoctrination.

4. Family gives its members status

5. Social control - The family continually exerts pressure on its members to make them conform to what it considers as desirable behavior.

6. Economic The family provides economic needs of the members.

STAGES & TASKS

1. Beginning Family TASK: Establishing a mutually satisfying marriage.

Planning to have or not have children.

2. Child-bearing Family

TASK:
Having and adjusting to infant. Supporting the needs of all three members. Renegotiating marital relationships.

3. Family with pre-school children

Guiding a child in his growth and development Preparing a child in entering in a school

4. Family with school-age children

TASK:
Adjusting to the activity of the growing children Promoting joint decisions between children and parents. Encouraging and supporting childrens educational achievements.

5. Family with teenagers and young adults. TASK:

Maintaining open communication among members.

Supporting ethical and moral values within the family.

Balancing freedom responsibility of teenagers.

with

Releasing young adults with appropriate rituals and assistance.

6. Post parental Family

TASK: 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