Class 1 TLO 1.4 Family

Question 1

Define Nuclear Family

Answer 1

Consist of a married couple (and perhaps one or more children)

Question 2

Define Extended Family

Answer 2

Includes relatives (aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins) in addition to the nuclear family

Question 3

Define Single-Parent family

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Define Blended family

Answer 4

formed when parents bring unrelated children from prior adoptive or foster parenting relationship into a new, joint living situation

Question 5

Define alternative family

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Stages of the family life cycle

UNATTACHED YOUNG ADULT

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Stages of the family life cycle

JOINING OF FAMILIES THROUGH MARRIAGE: NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Stages of the family life cycle

FAMILY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Stages of the family life cycle

FAMILY WITH ADOLESCENTS

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Stages of the family life cycle

FAMILY WITH YOUNG ADULTS

Answer 10

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)

Question 11

Stages of the family life cycle

FAMILY WITHOUT CHILDREN

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Stages of the family life cycle

FAMILY IN LATER LIFE

Answer 12

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

Question 13

8 stages of Family Life Cycle According to the ages of the children and parents

Answer 13

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

Question 14

5 major functions for family fulfillment

FAMILY ASSESSMENT

Answer 14

1. Effective function (personality maintenance function) psychological needs: trust, nurturing, intimacy, belonging, bonding, identity, separateness and connectedness
2. Socialization function (social placement): to guide children to be a productive member of society and transmit cultural beliefs to the next generation
3. Reproductive function: to ensure family continuity and societal survival
4. economic function: to provide and effectively allocate economic resources
5. Healthcare function: to provide physical necessities of life, to recognize illness in family members and provide care, preventative medical and dental care

Question 15

Factors in family assessment (7)

Answer 15

Family structure
Health status
Communication patterns
Parent's understanding G&D
Spiritual beliefs
Cultural beliefs
Socioeconomic status

Question 16

Characteristics of health families

Answer 16

• 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

Question 17

Risk factors

Answer 17

• 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

Question 18

Family stressors

Answer 18

Time
Separation
Money/Poverty
Health/Illness
Transportation
Work/Disability

Question 19

Coping Strategies

Answer 19

Help family identify strengths
Reliance of family group
Use of humor
Increasing links in the community
Communication

Question 20

Stages of Family Development

KEY PRINCIPLE

Answer 20

The stage of family development is always defined by the age of the OLDEST CHILD

Question 21

Families with Preschoolers, Stage 3

TASKS AND HEALTH CONCERNS

Answer 21

Tasks:
Socialize children
Parents and children adjust to separation

Health concerns:
Growth and development, toileting, safety, accidents, poison prevention, communicable disease

Question 22

Families with School age, Stage 4

TASKS AND HEALTH CONCERNS

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Families with Teens and young adults, Stage 5

TASKS AND HEALTH CONCERNS

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Aging Family, Stage 8

TASKS AND HEALTH CONCERNS

Answer 24

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