perdev chapter 11

single parent family

• This kind of family structure consists of one parent, either a father or a mother, exclusively taking up to the responsibility to raise his or her children.

family

• A social unit of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption and having a shared commitment to the mutual relationship. • It is a source of emotional security - love, care affection, and companionship. • The teens, still need the love and care of their parents or guardian and the atmosphere of a loving home environment. • Especially during difficult times, they still need someone to come back to for support, encouragement and unconditional love.

step family

• Also called a reconstituted family is that which is formed by the joining of two adults through marriage, cohabitation, or civil partnership, in which either one or both of the adults have a child or children from a previous relationship living in their home. • Parents may need varied discipline styles for the children. Furthermore, children may need to be flexible in dealing with various members of the household.

grand parent family

• Composed of the grandparents and the grandchildren living together as a family. There is a variety of reasons a grandparent family is produced. • This may be due to deceased parents, abandonment, or separation. When both parents work abroad, sometimes children are left to grandparents.

genogram

• It is also known as a McGoldrick-Gerson study, a Lapidus Schematic or a Family Diagram. • It is a pictorial display of a person's family relationships and medical history. • It is an elaboration of the family tree where there is the visualization of hereditary patterns and relationships among the family members.

extended family

• The extended family is that which extends beyond the immediate family. The basic example of which is a married couple and its children living with either the husband or the wife's parents. • Extended families commonly include, in one households, near relatives - grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins - in addition to an immediate family.

family structure

o Family structure refers to "combination of relatives" that comprise a family. o Classification on this variable considers the presence or absence of legally married spouses or common law partners; children; and the other relatives".

nuclear family

__________or elementary family, in its simplest form, comprises a couple and at least one child. • A Generally, it is a family group consisting of a pair of adults, and their offspring, regardless of the number, as _________________ may have any number of children. • From this kind of structure, children usually receive sufficient care, strength, and stability from their parents. • This is also called as conjugal family