lesson 4 Flashcards
is a group of persons living together and composed of the head and other persons related to the head by blood, marriage or adoption
Family
people living together because of birth, marriage, adoption or choice
Family
basic social unit of society and has needs as a unit
Family
Developmental Tasks of Family
Couple Stage
Expanding Family Stage
Preschool Stage
School-age Stage
Teen Stage
Launching Stage
Contracting Stage
couples establish a home
couple decide on single or dual career marriage
negotiate relationships with each other’s family and friend
couple agree on their independent interests
couple agree on becoming parents or not becoming parents
Couple Stage
parents prepare for first child
parents invest in equipments for first child
parents agree on shared cared for child
parents agree on participation of others in care of child
Expanding Family Stage
parents arrange for companionship for child
parents prepare child for school
parents prepare child for younger sibling
Preschool Stage
parents agree on type of school for child
parents work child’s school schedule in with their own work schedule
parents supervise child’s contacts with schoolmates and teachers
School-age Stage
parents begin to let go of teenage child
parents welcome teen’s peers to their home
teens show new needs with parents
teen initiate discussion on special concerns
parents and teens revise self-images as teens become more independent
Teen Stage
parents recognize child as young adult
teens share plans with parents and siblings
teens show new needs with parents
parents and teens revise self-images as teens become more independent
Launching Stage
parents adjust to empty nest
parents begin to plan for retirement
parents may become grandparents
young adult may re-enter nest on a new basis
parents and children adjust to parental aging
Contracting Stage
Different Forms of Family
Nuclear family
Extended family
Communal family
Two-career family
Cohabitated family
Single parent family
Foster family
Blended family
Gay and lesbian family
Adolescent family
Intragenerational family
Single adults living alone
composed of husband, wife and their immediate children
parents and their children who are living under one roof
mom, dad and kids
Nuclear family
intergenerational family
a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, consisting of parents like father, mother, and their children, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.
Extended family
dual-career families
both partners are employed
they may or may not have children
may have less time for leisure
Two-career family
includes a number of members who share a common bond such as religious affiliation or economic needs
membership in this type may be short term, creating instability in the unit
Communal family
live-in
arrangement between an unmarried couple who are called common-law spouses
may or may not have children
Cohabitated family
may result from death of spouse, separation of pregnancy out of wedlock
a person bringing up a child or children without a partner
Single parent family
children who can no longer live with their birth parents may require replacement with a family that has agreed to include then temporarily or permanently
legal agreement between foster family and the court to care for the child
Foster family
is formed when parents bring unrelated children from prior or foster parenting relationships into a new, joint living situation
Blended family
made up of a cohabitating couple of same sex in a sexual relationship
may or may not have a children
two male parents
two female parents
Gay and lesbian family
young parents, primarily a woman and man nineteen years or younger who give birth to and elect to parent a child
Adolescent family
occurring during the span of one generation
same age group
members of a community or group of one generation
Intragenerational family