Thursday, August 20, Copy your learning target. 2.Bell Ringer: On a clean sheet of paper, draw your family tree. Include three generations: you and your siblings, your parents and their siblings, and your grandparents.

How it’s organized and how it functions How many people live in a household and how they’re related How many adults are in the family How they’re related to one another How many children are in the family How children are related to one another and to the adults in the family

Nuclear families Single-parent families Stepfamilies Extended families Couples without children

Includes husband and wife and the biological or adopted children they have together Experts believe it provides most stable and secure setting for raising children Spouses share parenting responsibilities Gives children both male and female role models Traditional nuclear family – husband is the only wage earner, wife stays home to care for children and home Dual-career families –Child care options 1.Parents work different shifts 2.Child care center or in-home child care

Includes one parent and his or her biological or adopted children. Once-married parent –Death, divorce, desertion or legal separation –Children may have difficulty adjusting Never married parent Fastest growing structure in America; ¼ of all children in the U.S. will spend at least part of their childhood living w/ a single parent May qualify for not-for-profit child care (at work, church or community through federal or state funds. children need role models of both genders

Despite challenges, can be happy and successful –Strong relationships with friends & other relatives help –Children are likely to have more and earlier opportunities to become self-reliant –One well-adjusted single parent my be better for children than unhappy two-parent home

One or both spouses bring children from a previous relationship into a marriage. –New spouse becomes stepparent related to stepchildren by marriage –May decide to have child; half brother or half sister to other children Relationships my become more complicated as families merge –Lifestyles have to blend –Schedules may change –Budgets must be readjusted (i.e., alimony and child support) Child care considerations –Stay-at-home or work–at-home mom or dad –In-home care may be less than out-of-home care for several children –Centers that discount child care costs for families enrolling more than one child Takes patience and effort but can be a positive experience for everyone

Includes all the relatives in a family such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins; Immediate Family includes only parents and their children; also known as family of origin –Any mixture of above may live in one residence –More common in countries other than U.S. Various reasons – Adult children may move back into parents’ home following college, while looking for job –Aging parents move in with adult child’s family

Spouses are related to one another by marriage making them a family even if they don’t have children Reasons –Couple may be unable to conceive –Choice May focus time and energy on: –Marriage/relationship –Career –Hobbies and interests

Provides for the physical needs of all family members Meets the emotional needs of all family members Nurtures the growth of all family members

Friday, August 21, Copy your learning target. 2.Bell Ringer: 1.Name the 5 basic family structures. 2.Why is family important?