1. FAMILY What is family? Read together & highlight the definition of family on the back of handout

2. http://www.vanierinstitute.ca/

3. Vanier Family Institute The Vanier Institute of the Family can be compared to a Royal Commission established to investigate and learn all there is to know about the families of Canada in a world of change. But since the need for knowledge and study will continue as long as we inhabit the globe, this Royal Commission will never be discharged.” Governor General Georges Vanier, 1964

4. Goals of the Institute: 1.must be thoroughly in touch with family life of all kinds, not the ideal of the family, but the reality of the family as people live it. 2.must be concerned with the impact of the family and its surrounding social structures on each other. 3. focus attention on the importance and significance of family life, by monitoring the evolving patterns of family formation and functioning.

5. Vision and Mission VISION: To make families as important to the life of Canadian society as they are to the lives of individual Canadians. MISSION: To create awareness of, and to provide leadership on, the importance and strengths of families in Canada and the challenges they face in their structural, demographic, economic, cultural and social diversity.

6. Family Life in the 1950s, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5bAUO7cEU0&f eature=fvwrel Non-Traditional Families http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bSHYCQCekU&fe ature=related The New Normal? Offensive? What happened to Traditional Family Values? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgS_7ZSHqE4

7. Family Article Read the assigned articles and answer the questions. Be prepared to discuss your answers.

8. Journal Question: Do you believe the Traditional family as described in the 2 articles is still the “ideal” or is it “myth?” Support your answer with examples. (2 paragraphs)