1. Building Strong Families
Chapter 3

2. Summarize the qualities that contribute to building a strong family.
Describe the different family structures.
Discuss the trends affecting families.
List the basic categories of children’s needs.
Identify the three parenting styles.
Summarize effective ways to guide children’s behavior.
Chapter Objectives

3. Section 3.1 Family Characteristics

4. Main Idea There are many different family structures.
Family members must work together to overcome challenges and to build a strong foundation for the family
Main Idea

5. Vocabulary Content Vocabulary Academic Vocabulary Nuclear family Vital
Single-parent family
Custodial parent
Blended family
Extended family
Legal guardian
Foster child
Intergenerational
Vital
Venture
Vocabulary

6. Qualities of Strong Families
Families are the foundation for every human culture.
Families nurture, protect, and give security, emotional support, and a sense of belonging.
Adults teach children values by example, direct communication, and religious training.
Children with strong values experience more success in their lives.
Family conflicts can be resolved with calm, active listening and positive body language.
Qualities of Strong Families

7. Qualities of Strong Families
How do (and what) values affect a person’s success in life?
Qualities of Strong Families

8. Functions of the family
Meet basic needs
Food
Clothing
Shelter
Prepare children to live in society
Through example
Through communication
Through religious training
Provide support
Emotional
Financial
Functions of the family

9. Functions of the family
Form traditions
Celebrate traditions
Family traditions
Patterned family interactions
Share values
Passed on in childhood
Life experience
Religious beliefs
Handle family conflict
Keep cool
Be an active listener
Use positive body language
Functions of the family

10. What are some family traditions that you have
What are some family traditions that you have? What are some values that have been passed down to you from your family? How do these value and traditions make you feel and behave?
Do any of these traditions come from other cultures?
Discussion

11. Discussion What situations can cause stress within a family?
List the negative effects of stress, such as increased anxiety, digestive problems
List some ways that can relieve the stress and help the situation.
Discussion

12. Nuclear Family – includes a mother, father and at least one child
Single-parent Family – includes either a mother or father and at least one child
Custodial Parent – the parent with whom the child resides.
Blended family – formed when a single parent marries another person
Extended family – includes a parent or parents, at least one child, and other relatives who live with them
Legal guardian – person who is designated by a legal process to assume responsibility for raising a child
Foster child – a child that comes from a troubled family or difficult circumstances and is placed in the temporary care of another person or family
Family Structure

13. The Family Life Cycle Couple Stage
Couples grow closer as they share activities. They work together to establish a home and marriage relationships.
Expanding Stage
The arrival of a child signals the beginning of parenthood. The couple prepares for and adjusts to parenthood.
Developing Stage
As children grow, parents work to meet children’s changing needs. The focus of the family is the socialization and developing independence of children.
Launching Stage
Children gradually leave home to support themselves. Parents help their children adapt to life on their own.
Middle Stage
A couple renews their relationship and prepares for retirement. They may have time and money for special interest.
Retirement Stage
The couple stops full-time work and adjusts to having more free time. Life may be slower paced but couples still enjoy each other’s company.
The Family Life Cycle

14. Trends Affecting Families
Mobility
Aging population
Intergenerational – occurring between older and younger age groups
Economic changes
Workplace changes
Technology
Trends Affecting Families

15. Section 3.2 Parenting Skills

16. Parents use a variety of parenting styles to raise children and deal with the responsibilities of being a parent.
Main Idea

17. Vocabulary Content Vocabulary Academic Vocabulary Deprivation Dispute
Parenting style
Guidance
Self-discipline
Conscience
Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Time-out
Dispute
Consistent
Vocabulary

18. Deprivation – lack of the critical needs and encouraging environment that are essential for physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being.
Physical Needs
Food, clothing, shelter
Emotional and Social Needs
Nurture children and show restraint
Intellectual Needs
Learn through the senses, reading, and exploring
Children’s Needs

19. Parenting Style – how parents and other caregivers care for and discipline children.
Authoritarian – should obey parents without question
Assertive-democratic – children have more input into the rules and limits of the home
Permissive – parents give children wide range of freedom
Parenting Styles

20. Guidance – using firmness and understanding to help children learn how to behave.
Self-discipline – ability to control one’s own behavior.
Conscience – inner sense of what is right.
Understand Guidance

21. Guide Children’s Behavior
Be a Role Model
Give Effective Direction
Set limits
Provide Positive Reinforcement
Guide Children’s Behavior

22. In your classrooms, think about how teachers guide, redirect, and model correct behavior.
What are some tactics that teachers use?
Color system
Detentions
Modeling (examples)
Discussion

23. Be a Role Model Children imitate actions of others.
Parents and other family members should model respect, honesty, and kindness
Be a Role Model

24. Give Effective Direction
Be sure you have the child’s attention
Be polite
Use positive statements
Use specific words that the child can understand
Begin with an action verb
Give limited number of directions at a time
Be clear
Give praise and love
Give Effective Direction

25. Set Limits Does the limit allow the child to learn, explore, and grow?
Is the limit fair and appropriate for the child’s age?
Does the limit benefit the child, or is it just for the adult’s convenience?
Set Limits

26. Provide Positive Reinforcement
Positive Reinforcement – response that encourages a particular behavior
Be specific
Comment on the behavior as soon as possible
Recognize small steps
Help children take pride in their actions
Tailor the encouragement to the needs of the child
Use positive reinforcement wisely
Provide Positive Reinforcement

27. Deal with inappropriate behavior
Unintentional Misbehavior
Effective Punishment
Negative Reinforcement – response aimed at strengthening desired behavior by removing an unpleasant trigger.
Natural Consequence
Logical Consequence
Loss of Privileges
Time-out – a short period of time in which a child sits away from other people and activity
Deal with inappropriate behavior

28. Deal with inappropriate behavior
Poor Disciplinary Measures
Bribing
Making children promise to behave
Shouting or yelling
Shaming or belittling
Threatening to withhold love
Exaggerating consequences
Deal with inappropriate behavior

29. Consistency in Guidance
Being consistent, or continually the same, is key
Consistency helps children know what is expected of them
Children trust caregivers who maintain the same structures and rules
Consistency in Guidance