1. Bell Work How many people live with you in your home?
List their names, ages, and relationship to you.
Do you have other immediate family members that do not live in your house?
Do you have any pets?
List their names and what type of animal they are.

2. The Family Life Cycle

3. Why do we have families? Discuss this with your group (3 reasons)

4. Functions of the Family
Meeting Basic needs (food, clothing, shelter)
Preparing children to live in society
Safety & Health
Intellectual, Social and Moral development
Religion
Legal rights and laws

5. Family Structures Nuclear family Single-parent families
Mother and father with at least one child
Single-parent families
Mother or father and at least one child
Blended families
A single parent marries another person (may or may not be a parent)
Extended families
Relatives other than a parent or child who live with them
Entering a family
Adoption—legal process of child into family not born into
Foster children—a child whose parents or other close family members are unable to care for him or her.

7. Failure to Launch

8. What types of families do we see around us?
Nuclear family
Mother and father with at least one child
Single-parent families
Mother or father and at least one child
Blended families
A single parent marries another person
Extended families
Relatives other than a parent or child who live with them
Entering a family
Adoption—legal process of child into family not born into
Foster children—enter a family temporarily b/c they need a home

9. Trends Affecting Family
Mobility
Aging Population
Economic changes
Workplace changes
Technology

10. Assignment Write a paragraph in your notebook:
How have any of the previously mentioned trends affected my family?
5-8 sentences