Basic Family Functions
Families provide food, shelter, clothing, and education.
What is: Meet Basic Needs
mother and father live together with their children
What is: Nuclear
Financial resources are reduced, personal crisis for the parent can be difficult for the entire family, Families can work together to find positive solutions to short-term problems.
What is: Parents loss of a job
True or False
Abuse can happen at any age to any person.
What is: True
When resolving a crisis, it takes communication, patience, and ______.
What is: Time
Family members believe in one another and themselves, and they help one another through difficult times.
What is: Give Emotional Support
children live with one biological parent and a step-parent.
What is: Blended
Once believed that children were better off if their parents did not do this. May be needed relief to everyone involved and the best solution in certain situations.
What is: Parental Divorce
Violence against a child under the age of 18.
What is: Child Abuse
During crisis resolution, people must find a way to ______ with the crisis situation in a constructive way.
What is: Cope
Within the family, children learn about their family’s cultural heritage and _________ – customs passed from one generation to another.
What is: Pass on Traditions
A single parent takes care of children, either through choice or for other reasons.
What is: Single Parent
Using or threatening physical force against another family member.
What is: Family Violence
Violence against a marital partner
What is: Spousal Abuse
Loss or addition of a family member
(Birth, Death, Divorce)
What is: Organizational Change
Being a part of a family allows you to try new things and make mistakes.
What is: Provide a Safe Trial-and-Error Environment
family members live together and share the care of children.
What is: Extended
Everyone reacts to and processes the loss in their own way, Families are best able to cope with the _____ of a _______ ______ if they can share their feelings openly with each other.
What is: Death of a Family Member
Failure to provide basic needs such as adequate food, clothing, shelter, health care, or adequate supervision of children.
What is: Neglect
A natural loss such as fire, flood, or tornado.
What is: Deprivation
By example and through direct instruction, parents teach children right from wrong and what’s most important in life.
What is: Teach Moral Values and Social Skills.
when the individuals raising the children aren’t married but are living together
What is: Cohabitating
May occur with parents or teens, both legal and illegal substances.
Substance Abuse by a Family Member
Causes psychological and emotional pain.
Difficult to identify - leaves no broken bones or scars
Destroys a person’s self-esteem
What is: Verbal Abuse
Change in status up or down.
(Infidelity, Arrest, Loss of job)
What is: Demoralization