Lesson 3 (Family Structures and Legacies ) Flashcards
useful tool to gather information about a person’s family.
This visual representation of a family can help us to identify patterns or themes within families
that may be influencing or driving a person’s current behavior.
genogram or a family tree
considered a family support system which involves two married
individuals providing care and stability for their biological offspring.
traditional family structure
A family unit consisting of at most a father, mother and dependent
children. It is considered the “traditional” family.
nuclear family
A family consisting of parents and children, along with either
grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins etc.
extended family
Two families brought together due to divorce, separation, and remarriage.
step families
This can be either a father or a mother who is singly responsible for
the raising of a child. The child can be by birth or adoption.
single parent family
A family where one or more of the children has been adopted.
adoptive family
A family where the parents are members of different racial
identity groups.
Bi-racial or multi-racial family
A family where the adopted child is of a
different racial identity group than the parents.
Trans-racial adoptive family
A family that consists of members from two (or more) previous families.
Blended family
A family member is separated from the rest of the family.
This may be due to employment far away; military service; incarceration; hospitalization.
They remain significant members of the family.
Conditionally separated families
A family where one or more of the children is legally a temporary member
of the household. This “temporary” period may be as short as a few days or as long as the
child’s entire childhood.
Foster family
A family where one or both of the parents’ sexual orientation is gay
or lesbian. This may be a two-parent family, an adoptive family, a single parent family or
an extended family.
Gay or Lesbian family
A family where the parents have immigrated to another country as
adults. Their children may or may not be immigrants. Some family members may continue
to live in the country of origin, but still be significant figures in the life of the child.
Immigrant family
A family that moves regularly to places where they have employment. The
most common form of migrant family is farm workers who move with the crop seasons.
Children may have a relatively stable community of people who move at the same time -
or the family may know no one in each new setting.
Migrant family
In order to prosper, our children need an enduring sense of security and stability nurtured in an
environment of safety and love.
The Emotional Legacy
To really succeed in life, our children need to learn more than management techniques,
accounting, reading, writing and geometry. They need to learn the fine art of relating to people.
If they learn how to relate well to others, they’ll have an edge in the game of life.
The Social Legacy
is overlooked by many, but that’s a mistake. As spiritual beings, we adopt
attitudes and beliefs about spiritual matters from one source or another. As parents, we need to
take the initiative and present our faith to our children.
The Spiritual Legacy
imagine yourself giving warm family memories to
your child. You can create an atmosphere that provides a child’s fragile spirit with the
nourishment and support needed for healthy emotional growth. It will require time and
consistency to develop a sense of emotional wholeness, but the rewards are great.
The Emotional Legacy
As children mature, they must learn to relate to family members, teachers, peers and friends. Eventually they must learn to relate to coworkers and many other
types of people such as salespeople, bankers, mechanics and bosses.
The Social Legacy
Parents who successfully pass along a _____to their children model and reinforce
the unseen realities of the godly life. We must recognize that passing a _______ means more
than encouraging our children to attend church, as important as that is. The church is there to
support parents in raising their children but it cannot do the raising; only parents can.
The Spiritual Legacy
