My family, your family Families and Relationships Parents and Children Generation Gap Weddings and Marriages

Define these types of families and comment upon them. Immediate family Single parenting Extended family Adoption Nuclear family Gay marriage Step family Living together Blended family Randomly call on students and ask them to define and then briefly comment upon each subtopic. Time required: 5 to 7 minutes

Briefly answer these questions. What is the typical size of a family in the U.S.? U.K.? Canada? Australia? India? Ireland? South Africa? What is the typical Slovenian family size? Albanian? Austrian? Bosnian? Croatian? Italian? Hungarian? Macedonian? Montenegrin? Serbian? Has family size in general changed over the last 100 years? Why? Where do families generally live in each of these countries?

BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER How do you get on with your parents? Describe your relationship with your siblings? What do you argue about with your parents and siblings? Describe your favorite childhood memory. Who makes the decisions in your family?

Comment Favoritism Golden girl Apple of his mother’s eye Preferential treatment What is the oldest story about sibling rivalry that you can think of? Where does sibling rivalry stem from? When can childhood jealousy raise its ugly head again?

Respond How do parents working long hours affect family life? How do families cope with both parents working? What are the differences in the upbringing of boys and girls? How do you maintain good relationships? How do you resolve conflicts and differences? Latchkey kid

Rules, rules, rules Chores Clothes Curfew Going out Hairstyles Internet usage Parties Meals Music School Smoking Television What rules do you have in your family regarding these issues? Who makes the rules? What are the consequences if you break them?

More Terms to Know Adulthood Child custody Child support Family tree Loved ones Sibling rivalry Upbringing Lying Betrayal Sharing problems Keeping each other’s secrets Giving advice Borrowing each other’s clothes Students should translate these terms into Slovene.

How much do you agree or disagree? A nuclear family is an outdated concept. All you need for a relationship to work is love. After divorce it is impossible to maintain good relations in the family. What is the difference between “good relations” and “good relationships?”

The Children Act and Young People (Scotland) Act of 2014 Based upon British law (The Children Act of 1989) Parental responsibility Maintain personal relations and direct contact on a regular basis Gives 16 year olds the right to stay in care until age 21 Extends support for young people leaving care up to age 26 Free early learning and childcare Free school lunches GIRFEC “This Government’s vision for children and young people is clear: We want Scotland to be the best place in the world for them to grow up. A place where rights are respected and where children can access all the opportunities and support they need, when they need it.” http://www.scotland.gov.uk/topics/people/young-people/legislation

Comment. “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in it’s own way.” “If you look for perfection, you will never be content.” -Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

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