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Ecology of the Family (Family Systems: Basic Structures (Family: Any two…
Ecology of the Family
Family Systems: Basic Structures
Family: Any two or more related people living in one house hold
Nuclear Family: A family consisting of a husband, wife and their children.
Family Orientation: The family into which one is born.
Family Procreation: The family that develops once one marries and has children.
Extended Family: Relatives of the nuclear family that are economically and emotionally dependent on each other.
Matriarchal Family: Family in which the mother has formal authority and dominance.
Patriarchal Family: Family in which the father has formal authority and dominance.
Egalitarian Family: Family in which both sides of the extended family are regarded as equal.
Family Transitions
Divorce:
Child custody arrangements
Step Families
Families of Adopted children
Dual earner families
Maternal employment and child well being
Family System Basic Functions
Reproduction: The family ensures that the societies population will be maintained; that is a sufficient number of children will be born and cared for to replace family members who die.
Socialization Education: The family ensures that the families values/beliefs, attitudes, knowledge, skills, and techniques will be transmitted to the young.
Assignment of Social Roles: The family provides an identity for its offspring. An identity involves behavior and obligations.
Economic Support: The family provides shelter, nourishment, and protection.
Nurturance/Emotional support: The family provides the child's first experiences with social interaction. The interaction is intimate, nurturing, and enduring, thus providing emotional security for the child. The family cares for its members while they are ill, hurt or aging.
Families of Diverse Parents
Families of unmarried parents
Interethnic/interfaith families
Influence on families political:
Immigration policies
Foreign Policies
Domestic Policies
Macrosystem influence on families and children
Social class differences
upperclass
middle class
lower class
under class
Social class socialization theories