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2. Family as a System 9. The foster family – children whose parents can no longer care for them may be placed in a foster or Types of families based on composition substitute hom...

2. Family as a System 9. The foster family – children whose parents can no longer care for them may be placed in a foster or Types of families based on composition substitute home by a child protection agency. Foster parents may or may not have children of their own. They 1. Dyad Family – consists of 2 people living together, receive renumeration for their care; concern for the usually a woman; a man, without children. Many single foster child. It’s theoretically temporary until children young adults live together as a dyad in shared can be returned to their own parents. apartments, dormitories, or homes for companionship; financial security while completing school or beginning 10. Beanpole family – a family with 4 or more their careers. generations, each of them small; as each generation lives longer, parent-child rs last longer 2. Nuclear family – composed of husband, wife, children. It is the most common structure seen 11. Single state – the never-married, separated, worldwide; throughout history divorced, or widowed individual, often characterized by privacy, independence, job motility, opportunity to 3. The cohabitation family – composed of develop skills and knowledge and geographic mobility. heterosexual couples who live together like a nuclear family but remain unmarried. 4. The extended (multigenerational) family – includes Families based on locus of power and authority not only the nuclear family but also other family members such as grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandchildren Families based on place of residence 5. The single-parent family – increase in single-parent families is a result of both the high rate of divorce; the 1. Patrilocal – requires the newly wed couple to live increasingly common practice of women raising children with or near the residence of the parents/family of the outside of marriage. This has the advantage of offering a bridegroom child a special parent-child relationship; increased 2. Matrilocal – requires the newly wed couple to live opportunities for self-reliance and independence with or near the residence of the bride’s parents/family 6. The blended family (or remarriage or reconstituted 3. Avunculocal – prescribes the newly wed couple to family) – a divorced or widowed person with children reside with or near the maternal uncle of the groom marries someone who also has children 4. Bilocal – provides the newly wed couple the choice 7. The Communal Family – communes comprise of staying with either the groom’s or the bride’s parents, groups of people who have chosen to live together as an depending on factors like the relative wealth or status of extended family. Their rs to each other is motivated by the families, the wishes of the parents, or certain social or religious values rather than kinship. The values personal preferences of the bride and the groom of commune members may be more oriented toward freedom; free of choice than those of a traditional fam. 5. Neolocal – permits the couple to reside Example: cults or groups who follow a charismatic independently from their parents. They can decide on leader. their own as far as their residence is concerned. 8. The gay or lesbian family – in homosexual unionis, individuals of the same sex live together as partners for companionship, financial securityl sexual fulfillment Families based on descent FAMILY FUNCTIONS FAMILY STAGES; TASKS 1. Physical fx – is carried out by providing a safe, E. Division of Labor – the issue here is who will fulfill comfortable environment necessary for growth, certain roles, such as family provider, caregiver, and development; rest/recuperation home manager 2. Economic fx – provide financial aid for member, as F. Reproduction, recruitment, and release of family well as, meeting monetary needs of society members – who lives in a family often happens more by changing circumstances than by true choice. Having to 3. Reproductive fx – is met by the birth of children accept a new infant into an already crowded household may make a pregnancy a less-welcome event or cause 4. Socialization fx – this is of major importance; reworking of this tasks. includes teaching, transmitting beliefs, values, attitudes; coping mechanism; providing feedback; guiding G. Placement of members into the larger society – this problem-solving. task consists of selecting community activities, such as school, religious affiliation, or a political group that correlate with the family’s beliefs and values UNIVERSAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILIES H. Maintenance of Motivation and Morale – a sense of Socio-economic and cultural characteristics include pride in the family group when created, helps members defend the family against threats and serves as support · Occupation people to each other during crises. · Place of work · Income of each working member STAGES OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT BY EVELYN DUVALL · Educational attainment of each fam · Ethnic background and religious affiliation · Significant others and the other roles hey play in the family’s life, · The rs of the family to the larger community. CHARACTERISTICS OF A HEALTHY FAMILY · Include information on housing and sanitation facilities · Kind of neighborhood and availability of social · Health communication, and · Transportation facilities in the community.