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FAMILY

THE FILIPINO FAMILY IN

RETROSPECT
WHAT IS THE FAMILY?

– The family is the basic social institution and the primary

group in any society, which public policy cherishes and
protects.
– It maybe viewed as a subsystem with interacting
personalities supported by set of norms, attitudes and
values drawn mostly from the larger society.
WHAT IS THE FAMILY?

– The family may viewed as an agency playing a vital role in

the development of one’s personality and in the process
of values formation and development.
– It is the group that first socializes the individual and
provides for his basic social needs.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
FAMILY
1. According to organization and membership
A. Nuclear family
– Composed of father, mother, and children in the union recognized
by the society.

– 2 kinds
1. Family orientation- into which one is born, reared and socialized
2. Family procreation- established by the person by marriage.
 CLASSIFICATION OF THE
FAMILY
1. According to organization and membership
B. Extended family
– Two or more nuclear families related to each other economically
and socially.

– 2 kinds
1. Conjugal family- considers spouse & children as prime
importance (marriage bond)
2. Consanguineal family- considers nucleus of blood relatives as
more important than spouse
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
FAMILY
2. According to place of residence
A. Patrilocal family- newly wed couple live with near the
residence of the parents of the groom.
B. Matrilocal family- newly wed couple live with near the
residence of the parents of the bride.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
FAMILY
2. According to place of residence
c. Bilocal family- provides newly wed couple freedom to
select where to reside (near the grooms/brides family?)
d. Neolocal family- permits newlywed couple to reside
independently of their parents
e. Avunlocal family- newly couple reside with near the
maternal uncle of the groom
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
FAMILY
3. According to descent
a. Patrilineal descent- affiliates a person with a group of
kinsmen related to him through his father
b. Matrilineal descent- affiliates a person with a group of
kinsmen related to him through his mother .
c. Bilateral descent- affiliates a person with a group of
kinsmen related to him through hi father and mother
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
FAMILY
4. According to authority
a. Patriarchal family- authority is vested in the oldest
member ( male), often the father
b. Matriarchal family- authority is vested in the mother or
the mothers kin
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
FAMILY
4. According to authority
c. Equalitarian family- husband and wife exercise a more or
less equal amount of authority
d. Matricentric family- absence of the father (i.e. woring
abroad) gives mother a dominant position in the family
however, father shares with mother in terms of decision
making
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
FAMILY
5. According to form of marriage
a. Monogamy- permits man to have only one spouse at a
time
b. Polygamy- plural marriage; assumes any of the
following: polygyny, polyandry, and group marriage
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
FAMILY
5. Accordingto form of marriage
Polygyny- marriage of one man to two or more women at a
time(common household, economic cooperation, and
reproduction)
Polyandry- marriage of one woman to two or more men at
the same time
Group marriage- marriage or union of several men &
several women at a time
Functions of the family

– The family is the unit of reproduction.

– It performs the function of biological maintenance.
– The family socializes the members.
– It provides status to the members.
– It serves as an important mechanism for social control.
– The family serves as the first and foremost school where
every child learns the major lessons in life.
– It performs such other functions to meet the material and
economic, religious and social.
Family development tasks

1. Physical maintenance- providing shelter, food, clothing,

health care, etc
2. Allocation of resources- meeting family needs and
costs, apportioning material goods, facilities, space, etc.
3. Division of labor- assigning responsibility & managing
household
4. Socializing the family members- guiding internalization
of increasing maturity
Family development tasks

5. Reproduction, recruitment, and release of family

members- bearing or adopting children and rearing them
for release at maturity, incorporating new members by
marriage(in-laws, step-parents, guests, relatives, etc.)
6. Maintenance of order- providing means of
communication, establishing types and intensity of
interaction, and patterns of affection by administering
sanctions insuring conformity to group norms.
Family development tasks

7. Placement of members in the larger society- fitting into the

community, relating to church, school, organizational life,
political and economic systems
8. Maintenance of motivation and morale- rewarding members
for achievements, satisfying individual needs for acceptance,
encouragement and affection, meeting personal and family
crises, refining a philosophy of life and sense of family loyalty
through rituals and festivities.
Thank you !!!

GERLIE JOY D. EGUILLON

 GOALS AND
STRATEGIES
FOR CHANGE
 Goals:
Based on the strengths and
weaknesses of the Filipino
the following goals for
change are proposed.
 The Filipino should develop:
1. A sense of patriotism and national pride – a genuine love, appreciation and
commitment to the Philippines and things.
2. A sense of common good – the ability to look beyond selfish interest, a
sense of justice and a sense of outrage at its violation.
3. A sense of integrity and accountability – an aversion toward graft and
corruption in society in avoidance of the practice on one’s daily life.
4. The value and habits of discipline and hard work.
5. The value and habits of self-reflection and analysis, the internalization of
spiritual values and emphasis upon essence rather than on form.
•
 General Strategic
Principles:
• In identifying goals for change and
developing our capabilities for their
achievement, it is necessary to
consider certain general principles.
1.Strategies must be multi-layered and multi-
sectoral;
2.Strategies must emphasize change in the
power-holders as well as in the masa (people).
3.Strategies should be holistic, emphasizing
individual as well as systematic or structural
change;
4.The change should involve a critical mass of
people.
 Multi-layered and multi-sectoral
strategies
–a program of change must
adopt strategies that are multi-
layered and multi-sectoral.
 These layers and sectors should
consists of the following:
a. The government
b. Non-government organizations
c. People or the masa
d. The family
e. Educational institutions
f. Media
g. Religious institutions
 Roles of Power holders and the
Mass
• power holders and decision makers hold the key to
structures and systems which in most cases need to
be set-up first before change can take place. The
masa constitute greater majority of Philippines
society ay program for change will have to target the
critical mass. Their active participation and support
are indispensable components of our strategies.
 Holistic, Individual and
Systematic / Structural Change
• Individual conversion or renewal,
as manifested change values,
attitudes and habits and behaviour
is a prerequisite to social change.
 Critical mass or Network
Change initiators
• the initiators of change must not a
few individuals, but a critical mass
or network of people highly
committed to the goals of change.
 Restricted or Bite-size
Goals
• strategies for change must be worked on
one goal at a time with everyone’s effort
concentrated on the goal chosen for that
designated time period. The goal must be
cut up into bite-size, realistic pieces. For
easier management.
 Goals related to People’s
lives
change strategies must be connected
to our daily lives. Value change must
likewise address to the matters that are
close to our hearts, that the change
must start.
 Act of the will and Self-
sacrifice
• the implementation of the strategies
must be an act of will. If we want
change, we must do it. We must be
ready for tremendous sacrifice –
starting with ourselves.
 Specific
Strategies:
For Developing
:

Patriotism and
National Pride
 Ideology
1. we need ideology that can
summon all our resources for the
task of lifting national morale,
pride and productivity
 History
a.We have to write and teach our true history.
b.We should include in our education the
aspects on the past that are still preserve by
cultural communities.
c.We can start instilling national pride by
nurturing community pride first.
 Language
We ought to use Filipino in our cultural
and intellectual. Some of our
universities and other institutions have
started doing this, the practice should
be continued and expanded.
 Education
a.We must push for the Filipinization of the
entire educational system
b.We must have value formation in the school
curriculum and teach pride in being a Filipino.
c.Literature should be used to instill national
pride.
 Trade and Industry
We should support the
“buy Filipino movement”
 Media Advertising
Used and coordinate with KBP, PANA
and other media agencies in different
activities and projects that will promote
national pride and patriotism.
 Government
1. leaders should be models of positive Filipino traits.
To promote national unity and integration the
government must attempt a long range strategy for
democratic transformation in Philippine politics. The
government must continue and even increase its
effort to have more independent economic strategies.
 Developing a sense of a common
good by the following:
1.The government
2.Non-governmental organizations
3.Religious organizations / movements
4.Education
 For developing integrity
and accountability
1.Government leadership
structure/system
2.Education/training
 For developing Discipline and
Hard work
1.In both government and private institutions we
need to:

a.Positive controls, keep performance records

and maintain reward and recognition system.
b.Get rid of useless and meaningless rules
1. We ought to reward excellence in whatever Filipinos do by:

a. Identifying and making known centers of excellence in the

Philippines;
b.Looking for, documenting and publicizing success or
excellence stories;
c. Recognizing and encouraging advertisements that convey
the value of excellence and depict positive Filipino values
d.Using media that will communicate to the mass
 For Developing Self-reflection
and Analysis
1.Religion/religious Movement
2.Small Group/NGO’s
3.Government Leadership
THIS IS MA. CRISTINA
D. DIOLA REPORTING
THANK YOU AND
GOOD DAY…