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Family Relationships 10.3 (Family Types (Protective Families (conformity …
Family Relationships 10.3
"Family"- is a hard word to define for me. Can be friends, my parents, siblings, grandparents, and so on
Characteristics of Families
Recognition of responsibilities
(emotionally)
(financially)
obligation to be there for one another
Shared history and future
Defined roles
"typical"
primary wage earner, maintenance person
"typical"
primary cook, child rearer, and housekeeper
shared living space
- normal for you to live with significant other/families
other cultures- men and women(children) don't share the same living space
helps with long distance relationships/marriages
Couple Types
Traditional
holds traditional gender roles
lean towards each other for everything
Independent Couples
stress
in relationship
engage in conflict openly and without fear
Separate Couples
little desire to be together
Family Types
Conversation-orientation
-degree to which family members can speak their mind
Pluralistic Families
conformity
conversation
encouraged to express different attitudes and beliefs while supporting each other
Protective Families
conformity
conversation
Laissez-faire Families
confirmation
conversation
"do what you want"
Consensual Families
conversation
conformity
encourage open communication/agreement
Families, Culture, Gender, and Technology
Culture
influences difficulty when relationship breaks up
Gender
&
initiate relationships and dissolve them
same-sex marriage is legal
Technology
keep us connected
This is far less true nowadays
