1. Your Family Your Cultural Heritage Family Roles & Responsibilities
Types of Families
Functions of the Family
Family Life Styles
Family Roles & Responsibilities
Family Life Cycle
Families Face Change
Family Relationships

2. What is a Family?
Everyone take a moment to draw a picture of your family.
Be sure to label the picture.
I know your not artists but be creative 
Have students share their pictures with the class. Tell who is a part of their family and why.

3. What is a Family?
Family: a group of people who are related to each other.
U.S. Census Bureau definition of a family:
A group of two or more persons who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption and who are residing together.
Family members may be related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
Foster Children: temporarily placed in homes by the court system. The family members become a foster family.

4. What is a Family? Come in many sizes and combinations Combinations:
Can you tell me different types of combinations?
Combinations:
Single Parent - Two Parent
Grandparents -Other relatives
Your family has a big influence on shaping your personality.
Family influences your values and behaviors.

5. Cultural Heritage
Cultural Heritage: is made up of learned behaviors, beliefs, and languages that are passed from one generation to another.
What are some traditions your family has?
Ethnic Groups: groups of people who share common cultural and/or racial characteristics such as language, traditions, religion, and national origin.
These groups help to preserve the cultural heritage of a family.

6. Types of Families There are many different types of families.
The family members who form the group determine the family type.
Most common types:
Nuclear - Single Parent
Extended - Stepfamilies

7. The Nuclear Family Formed when a couple marries
If couple has no children at the time
-Usually have two generations. Two parents, one male and one female, and a child or children. The child could be their biological child, an adopted child, foster child, or a combination. Most represented in TV and movies.
Members depend greatly on each other because relatives are not real close.
This can draw the nuclear family closer together

8. The Single Parent Family
Includes one parent and one or more children
Can be either father or mother
Child could be adopted
Parent could be divorced, widowed, separated, or never married.
Single parent plays the role of both mother and father

9. Stepfamily Occurs when a single parent marries
Stepparent: person who marries the single mother or father
Not related by blood but may legally adopt

10. Extended Family
There are other relatives in the household other than the parents and children.
Most commonly the grandparents are in the extended family, but could include aunts, uncles, or cousins
Less common today
Relatives can offer guidance, support, babysitting, share chores
Grandparents can benefit from it also
Living expenses are reduced, enjoy companionship, feel secure

11. Extended Family
Sometimes the occur when single parents move back into their parents’ home with their children.
Single parents may need time to find a place to live or may not have enough money to live on their own

12. Functions of the Family
A family unit, in some form, is found in every country in the world, but what makes it up varies.
In some countries:
A man may have more than one wife
Several families may live together
However, all families perform similar functions

13. Functions of the Family
Main Function:
Provide for the physical needs of a family
Food, clothing & shelter
This usually means that a job is necessary
Socialization function:
Children are taught the ways and customs of the society in which they live
Acceptable forms of behavior
Appropriate ways to behave

14. Functions of the Family
Emotional well-being
All people need to feel loved and accepted
Need to feel that they belong somewhere
Family provides security of having someone to turn to
Emotional support is best provided by the members of a family

15. Functional Families Every family faces problems
Strong functional families can solve problems together
Do this through communication and respect
Each member contributes by fulfilling their roles and responsibilities
Help each other build positive self-concepts

16. Family and Community Strong families help make strong communities
Children raised in a loving family are more likely to become caring adults
Children who learn peaceful conflict resolution will use those techniques to solve community problems
Family members who fight may not learn problem-solving skills
An abused child is more likely to continue the cycle of violence

17. Family Roles & Responsibilities
As a member of a family you have certain roles
Daughter, son, niece, nephew, aunt, etc
May be defined by the tasks you perform
Cook, launderer, shopper, etc
In each role you assume different responsibilities
Roles may be exchanged
Take turns washing dishes
Roles may change as you get older

18. The Family Life Cycle Families change through the years
Changes occur in stages
Beginning Stage:
Couple decides to marry
Establish a home & learn to get along
Time to pursue interests
Both may have jobs outside of the home

19. The Family Life Cycle Expanding Stage:
Major change occurs when children come
Involves many adjustments
Couple assumes new roles as parents
Increased demands on time, energy, finances, and freedom
Affects couple’s home, social & work life

20. The Family Life Cycle Developing Stage: First child begins school
School activities and sports may alter the family’s schedule
Clothing, school events & new social activities take time and money
Child enters teen years
Teens spend more time away from home
Seek independence

21. The Family Life Cycle Launching Stage: First child leaves home
Parents will have more space at home, more time & more freedom
Last child leaves home
Parents may feel void in life
Must find new interests
Income may be the highest during this stage

22. The Family Life Cycle Aging Stage: Activities depend on health
More care & money may be necessary
May need special services
Transportation, meals, recreational services

23. Family Tree Project: 50 points
Create a family tree including your generation, your parents generation, and your grandparents generation.
You may use photos
Must Include:
Name
Age
Brief Description (how you see that person, their role in the family)

24. Families Face Change Families Move
The average family moves every 7 years
Have to get use to new surroundings
Make new friends
Attend new schools
Takes time to adjust

25. Families Face Change Family Structures Change
Nuclear family can become an extended family or single parent family
Requires a lot of adjustments
Remarriage creates new family members

26. Families Face Change Family Members Change People change
Some changes can’t be avoided
Serious illness or accidents
Roles and Responsibilities of individuals change
Sickness may be temporary change
Death or disability is permanent

27. Families Face Change Change can be occurred by or can occur:
Substance abuse: misusing drugs, alcohol, or some other chemical to a potentially harmful level
Domestic Violence: physical abuse of a family member

28. Families Face Change Coping With Change Accept the change
Ignoring it will not make it go away
Accepting it will be less stressful
Communicate with family & share ideas
Prepare for the change
Can you do something to get ready?
Makes the actual change easier
Support the change
Keep a positive attitude
Most changes are not by choice

29. Families Face Change
Technology is the use of scientific knowledge to improve quality of life
What are some ways technology has improved your quality of life?

30. Family Relationships Relationship Special bond or link between people
The first relationship most people have is with their parents

31. Relationship with Parents
May be strained during the teen years
A lot of change is occurring
Can be a difficult time for both you & your parents
Relations can become strained
Parents are afraid you might make a mistake

32. Relationship with Parents
To reduce strain:
Share your concerns
Show that you care
Show that you are responsible
Show that you can be trusted
Parents Just Don’t Understand

33. Sibling Relationships
Sibling rivalry:
Competition between brothers and sisters
Siblings try to compete with each other
Good relations can be reached by:
Listening
Trying to understand moods & feelings
Share thoughts & concerns
Keep communication open

34. Sibling Relationships
Respect the property and possessions of your siblings
Ask before borrowing
Cooperation:
Everyone works together and does their share
Help each other out – makes life easier 

35. Relationships with Grandparents
Grandparents may live far away or close
Some work full-time & some are retired
Some may be healthy & some not
Time spent with grandparents can be very enjoyable
May be easier to talk to grandparents than parents

36. Relationships with Grandparents
As your grandparents age, it is important to help them out
Your relationship with your grandparents will remain strong as you share your time with them
Your care will help them stay alert & happy for many years

37. Family
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich.  ~Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, M*A*S*H
Families are like fudge - mostly sweet with a few nuts.  ~Author Unknown
In time of test, family is best.  ~Burmese Proverb