1. FUNCTIONS Of THE FAMILY
UNIT 5
CH 1

2. A family adds value and structure to individual lives and to society.
family
A group of two or more people who live together. These people are related by birth, marriage, or adoption.

3. Family is…a sum of its parts
Predictable patterns of interaction.
Behavior of each person affects the whole family.
Each member assumes roles
Interactions become predictable.
The system assumes a history and function of its own.

4. The Family: The Basic Unit of Society
Families affect every level of society, but they have the greatest impact on the community closest to them.
Community—the common area where different people live. Each community or society is made up of many families.
When people families and society work together and support each other, each is stronger.

5. The community offers many groups to help families.
Social Agencies
Religious Groups
Schools
Police and the Courts
Parks

6. The Family responsibility
Just as society works to help families, families have a responsibility to take an active role.
By taking on more responsibility, families can take the pressure off society.
When families help the community, they help themselves.

7. Functions of a family
The functions that the family provides are also the responsibilities of family life.
Love and affection
Economic support
Security
Procreation
Protection
Guidance
Education
Socialization
Teaching values
Recreation
Salad Dressings

8. Each person in a family has a special function to the other family members.
Function—a purpose, action, or role.
Family members seek stability.
Families will be affected by change; divorce, illness, crisis….
Other family members may step in to recreate the “balance” we desire in a family.

9. Strengthen Your Family Now
Because very few families are problem-free,
they need to know:
The family comes first.
Every family member contributes to the family.
Change is possible.
Problems can be solved.
How to solve problems.
Where to get help.

10. Every family has a little bit of dysfunction in them.
Dysfunction—unable to carry out functions.
Members of dysfunctional families may have to work harder to meet certain needs.

11. Getting along=stronger family
Interpersonal Skills help families get along.
Communication
Problem-solving and decision-making skills
Management skills: handling finances and household chores
Conflict resolution = living peacefully

12. Your future Family
The knowledge and skills you learn now will help you make the kind of family life you want.
As you learn new interpersonal skills, you will find out what kind of person you are and how to become the person you would like to be.
The more you learn about relationships in the family the more likely you will have successful family relationships.

13. Families make a difference
Unit 5
CH 2

14. Families are a support system
Families take care of its members throughout a lifetime.
It is important that a family be able to distinguish between its needs and wants.
A family gives its members specific kind of support when needed….it is easier to be supportive when life is going well, but people require even more support when times are tough.
This creates a family bond that maintains and strengthens the overall family’s support system.
The family bond takes effort to maintain the bond.

15. Meeting Family Members needs
The physical needs are fulfilled by the family in a variety of ways.
In the family is where a person first learns the social skills they need to function in their society.
The family also helps its members to develop independence.
At a young age our family instills their values and habits on its members.

16. Families create a value system
Values are beliefs and principles based on what is right, good, and desirable.
They are learned in the family and through society.
How people act show the values they hold. Our actions do speak louder than our words.

17. Think of a boomerang How does it work?
Because of its design if it is thrown correctly it will return to you.
How are values like a boomerang?
When you send out love, kindness and support, you get them back.
The way you express anger and hostility, you get them back.
How does this affect our family?

18. Values page in packet.
Family values senario

19. Critical THinking
Adam’s grandparents are coming to visit this weekend. All week, Adam has heard his father grumble about having to help clean, take his in-laws out to dinner, and change his weekend plans to entertain them. Adam asked, “If you don’t want them here, why did you invite them?” His father replied, “ It makes them and your mom happy. Some things you just do for your family.”

20. What conflicting values is Adam learning from his father?
Adam is learning that his father values his mother’s and in-law’s happiness, but does not value spending time with his in-laws.
Is he more likely to view family in a negative or positive light?
Because he sees his father’s negativity, Adam is likely to view family in a negative light.
How should people who are role models handle their own conflicting values?
Role models should be positive and consistent, not contradictory, in the values they express to their children.

21. Family structures & Development
UNIT 5
CH 3

22. Family Structures
Family structure is the form a family takes.
Its structure is defined by the number and types of family members.
A family’s structure affects the way it functions.
Structures can change over time as people move in and out of the family group

23. Singles Family Structure
Support system remains with their family/relatives and close friends, along with work relationships they develop.
They don’t have to meet anyone else’s needs.
They can devote more time to their own interests.

24. Couples family structure
The support system for couples are each other.
They share some of the same interests and friends.
Couples also make time for their own individual pursuits.

25. Nuclear family structure
All members of the family give support to each other.
Both parents share household duties.
Both parents share childcare duties.

26. Single-parent family structure
Relatives and friends make up their support system.
One parent must perform the many duties of running a family.
Sometimes relative and friends often help out.

27. Blended family structure
Blended families get support from both sides of their extended families.
It is often difficult for both parents and children to adjust to being part of a blended family.
Creating a new family bond requires extra understanding, cooperation, compromise and time.

28. Extended Family structure
The many members of the extended family continues to help and support one another no matter where they live.
In other cultures it is common for other members of the extended family to live with other family members.
In the United States it is less common, however…..with a growing elderly population, more and more grandparents are living with their children.

29. Adoptive Family
Like other families, the adoptive family is supported by its family members.
It includes adopting children from other parts of the world.
The adopted child is protected by law like any other son or daughter.

30. Legal Guardian
legal guardian--A person who has financial and legal duties relating to the care of a child.
Sometimes parents can no longer care for their children.
A relative or close friend can act as the child’s parent by becoming their legal guardian.
What type of structure may this child enter into?

31. Foster Families
foster family--A family that takes care of children on a short-term basis.
When a parent can no longer care for their children and no relative or friend can step in, the children may go to a foster family.

32. Other American Family Structures
Grown Children Moving In With Their Parents
Families with two children and young parents, living at home with their parents has doubled in the last 25 years.
Boomerang generation.
Divorced Adults- 60% of all divorces involve couples
Living Alone
1/24 adults remain single throughout their life.
66% of single people are women
POSSLQs
Persons of the opposite sex sharing living quarters.
DINK
Couples with no children “Double Income, No Kids”
Due to career commitments, fertility problems or they enjoy their childless lifestyles.

33. Interdependence
Families strengthen their bond when they share time and activities together. They build a feeling of interdependence.
Interdependence--A feeling among family members, (or in any relationships) that they can rely on each other.

34. Interdependence
A family can be relied on if you know they will always be there for you when you need them.
However, if you rely on the family so much that you cannot make a decision without them, you are too dependent.

35. Family Development Stages

36. Couple Stage As a couple, two people learn to think and act as a team.
They must rely on each other and remain individuals. People need time to adjust to having a partner, and it depends on the couple how long this stage lasts.
Many couples enjoy getting to know each better before having children. Some couples never have children at all.

37. Couple Stage
Couples must make decisions about one another throughout their relationship.
These decisions will be based on their current circumstance.
Decisions about money, education, careers, housing, children are easier to make before problems arise.
During this stage the couple will set a PATTERN that is likely to follow the rest of their married life.
Talking now saves heartache and frustration later.

38. The Parenting Stage
The parenting stage begins as soon as children join the couple, whether by birth, adoption, foster care, or guardianship.
These are “expanding” years.
Families tend to become very focused on home life as small children demand their time and attention.

39. The Parenting Stage
As children grow older and enter school families enter the developmental years.
Many of the children’s activities are now out of the home.
Children can communicate fluidly, and family unity peaks as they assume an active place in the family.
And then they turn into Teenagers! Teens become increasingly independent as they prepare to leave the home.

40. The Parenting Stage
The parenting stage ends as children exit the home during the launching process.
The launching process has recently started to take longer and longer, especially if children cannot earn enough money to live on their own.
And some children are leaving home to get an education then returning.

41. The Middle years
After the children grow up and launch, the family becomes a couple once more and enters the middle years.
An empty nest raises mixed feelings.
Some parents feel purposeless without their children, while some parents take the chance to explore new hobbies or even a new career.
If the couple has not stayed connected through common interests or goals this becomes a difficult transition.

42. The retirement years
As the work of raising children and developing careers ends, some people wonder what to do with themselves.
Others have been looking forward to traveling, relaxing, or other pursuits.
People tend to feel more ready for retirement if they have planned for it.
People who feel fulfilled with the life they have led are usually prepared for their later years.
A satisfying retirement depends on a couple of things:
How much the couple has saved over the years.
Their state of health.

43. Other factors
The stages of development may be different lengths for different families.
The stages describe basic patterns in family development.
Not every family will fit into this general pattern.
couple----parenting----middle years----retirement
Some people may not marry.
Some choose not to have children.
Some marriages end in divorce.
Some people remarry.
The way a family experiences them, makes each family unique!

44. SO Done!!