Class 1 TLO 1.4 Family Flashcards
Define Nuclear Family
Consist of a married couple (and perhaps one or more children)
Define Extended Family
Includes relatives (aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins) in addition to the nuclear family
Define Single-Parent family
formed when one parent leave the nuclear family because of death, divorce or desertion or when a single person decides to have or adopt a child
Define Blended family
formed when parents bring unrelated children from prior adoptive or foster parenting relationship into a new, joint living situation
Define alternative family
relationships include multi-adult household “skip-generation” families (grandparents caring for grand children), communal groups with children, “non-families” (adult living along), and cohabiting partners
Stages of the family life cycle
UNATTACHED YOUNG ADULT
Emotional Process:
accepting parent offspring separation
Changes in family status required to proceed developmentally:
Differentiating self in relation to family or origin.
Developing intimate peer relationships
Establishing self in work
Stages of the family life cycle
JOINING OF FAMILIES THROUGH MARRIAGE: NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE
Emotional Process:
committing to new system
Changes in family status required to proceed developmentally:
forming marital system
realigning relationship with extended families and friends to include spouse
Stages of the family life cycle
FAMILY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
Emotional Process:
accepting new generation of members into system
Changes in family status required to proceed developmentally:
adjusting marital system to make space for children
taking on parental roles
realigning relationship with extended family to include parenting and grand parenting roles
Stages of the family life cycle
FAMILY WITH ADOLESCENTS
Emotional Process:
increasing flexibility of family boundaries to include children’s independence
Changes in family status required to proceed developmentally:
shifting parent-child relationship to permit adolescents to move into and out of system
refocusing on midlife material and career issues
beginning shift toward concerns for older generations
Stages of the family life cycle
FAMILY WITH YOUNG ADULTS
Emotional Process:
launching children and moving on
accepting multitude of exits from and entries into family system
Changes in family status required to proceed developmentally:
adjusting to reduction of family size
developing adult to adult relationship between grown children and parents
realigning relationship to include in laws and grand children
dealing with disabilities and death of parents (grand parents)
Stages of the family life cycle
FAMILY WITHOUT CHILDREN
Emotional Process:
maintaining flexibility
Changes in family status required to proceed developmentally:
refocusing on career issues and new career opportunities
refocusing on partner and marriage issues
redefining recreational activities
Stages of the family life cycle
FAMILY IN LATER LIFE
Emotional Process:
Accepting shifting of generational roles
Changes in family status required to proceed developmentally:
maintaining own or couple functioning and interests in the face of physiological decline, exploring new familial and social role options
making room in system for wisdom and experience of older adults; supporting older generation without over-functioning for them
dealing with retirement
dealing with loss of spouse, siblings,, and other peers and preparation for own death; a life review, in which one review life experiences and decisions
8 stages of Family Life Cycle According to the ages of the children and parents
Beginning family Childbearing family Family with preschool children Family with school age children Family with teenagers and young adults Family launching young adults Post parental (middle aged) Family Aging family
5 major functions for family fulfillment
FAMILY ASSESSMENT
- Effective function (personality maintenance function) psychological needs: trust, nurturing, intimacy, belonging, bonding, identity, separateness and connectedness
- Socialization function (social placement): to guide children to be a productive member of society and transmit cultural beliefs to the next generation
- Reproductive function: to ensure family continuity and societal survival
- economic function: to provide and effectively allocate economic resources
- Healthcare function: to provide physical necessities of life, to recognize illness in family members and provide care, preventative medical and dental care
Factors in family assessment (7)
Family structure Health status Communication patterns Parent's understanding G&D Spiritual beliefs Cultural beliefs Socioeconomic status
Characteristics of health families
- Members communicate
- Members remain flexible
- Adults in family agree on basic principles of parenting
- Members are adaptable, not overwhelmed by changes that occur in home and relationships as result of childbirth/parenthood
- Members volunteer assistance w/o being asked
Risk factors
- Conflict in marriage/divorce
- Adolescent parents
- Families affected by violence against one or more members
- Families with ill child
- Families with members that have substance abuse
Family stressors
Time Separation Money/Poverty Health/Illness Transportation Work/Disability
Coping Strategies
Help family identify strengths Reliance of family group Use of humor Increasing links in the community Communication
Stages of Family Development
KEY PRINCIPLE
The stage of family development is always defined by the age of the OLDEST CHILD
Families with Preschoolers, Stage 3
TASKS AND HEALTH CONCERNS
Tasks:
Socialize children
Parents and children adjust to separation
Health concerns:
Growth and development, toileting, safety, accidents, poison prevention, communicable disease
Families with School age, Stage 4
TASKS AND HEALTH CONCERNS
Tasks:
Children develop peer relations
Parents adjust to their children’s’ peer and school influences
Health concerns:
Behavioral problems, communicable disease, physical and emotional problems, development, socialization, education, discipline,nutrition, sleeping, vision and hearing
Families with Teens and young adults, Stage 5
TASKS AND HEALTH CONCERNS
Tasks:
Allowing adolescent to develop increased autonomy-balance independence with parent rules
Reinforce ethical and moral values
Health concerns:
Teen risky behavior, puberty, peer pressure, STD’s, substance abuse
Aging Family, Stage 8
TASKS AND HEALTH CONCERNS
Tasks:
Shift from work role to leisure and semi-retirement of full retirement
Prepare for own deal, dealing with loss of souse and or siblings, other peers
Health concern:
Optimal wellness in chronic illness
