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What Is A Family?HUMAN DYNAMICS 2201
What is a Family?
In a small group:
Define Family
As a class:
Come to a consensus of what a definition of family should be.
Is it easy to define what a family is…..if your answer is no…explain
why?
The Definition of “Family”
“. . . any combination of two or more persons who are bound
together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth and/or
adoption/placement and who, together, assume responsibilities
for variant combinations of some of the following:
Nuclear
Extended
Blended
Childless
Lone-parent
Task
In groups, list as many possible family structures as the group can in
the time period given.
As a class, try to divide these into 8 groupings as listed in the slides to
follow. Is it easy to define and categorize what a family structure is?
Variations of Family
“Nuclear” families
two parents
one or more biological or adopted children
living together
when the nuclear family was led by a male wage earner, it was the conventional family of the 1950s, although now it is only one of many types of family
TV:___________________________
Nuclear Family
Variations of Family
“Extended” families
parents, children, aunts, uncles, grandparents and other blood
relations living together, or not.
TV:______________________
Extended Family
Variations of Family
“Blended” or “recombined” or “reconstituted” families
parents who have divorced their first spouses, remarried someone else and formed a new family that includes children from one or both first marriages, and/or from the re-marriage
TV:___________________________
Blended Family
Variations of Family
“Childless” families
consisting of a couple
TV:____________________________
“Lone-parent” families
a parent, most often a mother, with a child or children
TV:______________________________
Childless Family
Lone Parent Family
Variations of Family
Cohabiting couples/ common law marriages
family arrangements that resemble other forms, but without
legalized marriage
TV:___________________________
Cohabitating Couple
Variations of Family
Same Sex parent(s)
same as all above but with a same sex couple
instead of a heterosexual couple.
TV:______________________
Gay / Lesbian Parent Family
Variations of Family
Chosen family
can be used to include mentors and father/mother figures
who provide a support system.
TV:_________________________
Chosen Family
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