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L- love must prevail between me and
BSN-2A // CHN LEC
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 communication 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.
 From a systems perspective, a family is
defined as a collection of people who
are integrated, interacting and
interdependent (hunt, 1997:126). Just
like other systems, the parts interact
with each other members. The family
has boundary which means that other
people can recognize its members and
those who are not.
F- father
A- and
M-mother
I-implying the presence of children where
Y-you
CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY
1. The family as a social group is universal
and is significant element in man’s
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 individual’s 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 TODAY’S SOCIETY
o Traditional family
o Two-career family
o Single-parent family
o Adolescent family
o Foster family
o Blended family
o Intragenerational family
o Cohabiting family
o Gay and lesbian family
o 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
3. SINGLE PARENT FAMILY
 One parent, either a father or a mother
as a consequence of divorce,
abandonment or separation of lives
with a child or children of his/her own
4. SINGLE ADULT
 Living alone, usually with a career, who
may or may not desire to marry
5. INSTITUTIONAL FAMILY
 Children in orphanges, residential
schools and correctional institutions
6. DYADIC NUCLEAR FAMILY
 Husband and wife live together without
any child, one or both maybe gainfullt
employed
7. HOMOSEXUAL FAMILIES
 A homosexual coupe, male or female
lives together with or without adopted
children
8. RECONSTITUTED NUCLEAR FAMILY
 Remarried men and women living in a
common household with children from
both previous marriages and from the
current marriage
9. COHABITATING
 Old, unmarried couple living together
usually because of companionship or
financial reasons
10. MIDDLE AGED OR AGING COUPLE
 Husband and wife at home or either are
gainfully employed and children have
been “launched” into career or
marriage
B. Based on place of residence
1. PARTRILOCAL
 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
bridge’s parents.
3. BILOCAL
 Provides the newly wed couples the
choice of staying with either the
groom’s parents or the bridge’s
parents, depending on factors like the
relative wealth of the families or their
status, the wisher of their parents or
certain personal preferences of the
bride or the groom.
4. NEOLOCAL
 Permits the couple ro 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 grooms

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
mother’s 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 infant’s
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. Economics- the family provides
economic needs of the members
STAGES & TASKS
1. BEGINNING FAMILY
Tasks:
 Establishing a mutually satisfying
marriage
 Planning to have or not have children
2. CHILD-BEARING FAMILY
Tasks:
 Having and adjusting to infant
 Supporting the needs of all three
members
 Renegotiating martial 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
Tasks:
  Adjusting to the activity of the growing
children
 Promoting joint decisions between
children and parents
 Encouraging and supporting children’s
educational achievements
5. FAMILY WITH TEENAGERS AND YOUNG
ADULST

Tasks:

 Maintaining open communication

among members
 Supporting ethical and moral values
within the family
 Balancing freedom with responsibility
of teenagers
 Releasing young adults with
appropriate rituals and assistance
6. POST-PARENTAL FAMILY

Tasks:

 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