functioning of families
types of families
family life cycle
family strengths
family guidelines
100
food, shelter, clothes, and education are examples of these.
What are basic needs?
100
this family consists of a mother, a father, and one or more children.
What is a nuclear family?
100
this stage begins with a couple. these couples major tasks include setting up a home, setting goals for the future, and learning to live comfortably with each other.
What is the beginning stage?
100
family members believe that they can work together to achieve goals, and not thinking negative about it.
What is having a positive attitude about life and family?
100
be honest and follow the rules, do what is right and do what your parents tell you to do. these are examples this.
What is being responsible?
200
family members believe in one another and them selves, and they help one another through difficult times.
what is giving emotional support?
200
one parent raises the children. the parent may be widowed, divorced, or never married.
What is a single-parent family?
200
during this stage new members(children) are added to the family. the parents have the responsibility to teach the children right from wrong and to and to care of them. the parents no longer have time for themselves.
What is the parenting stage?
200
this includes quality time spent either in a group or one on one.
What is arranging to spend time together?
200
talking things over with your parents allows you to increase your__________ of each other.
What is understanding?
300
being a part of a family that allows you to try new things and make mistakes. this is a safe environment in which to learn and experience new things.
what is providing a safe trial and error environment?
300
this family includes relatives other then parents and children, such as aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. sometimes extended families live in the same house hold; other times they live in different homes.
What is an extended family?
300
in this stage, teens and young adults begin to leave the family home and assume work and household responsibilities of their own.
What is the launching stage?
300
a hug, a compliment, a card or note of thanks, a task done without asking-these are all actions of loving family members?
What is showing love and appreciation for each other?
300
competition between siblings for the love and attention of parents.
What is sibling rivalry?
400
parents teach children right from wrong and what is most important in life. the parents also teach children social skills.
what is teach moral values and social values?
400
the parents adopt a child who is not born to them. the adopted child has the same rights as a birth child.
What is an adoptive family?
400
this stage allows parents to focus more on their relationships and hobbies that they couldn't do when the kids lived with them. they can also volunteer join in community activities.
What is the middle years stage?
400
the family's daily actions reflect what it considers important. a family teaches a sense of right and wrong. members share their hopes and dreams.
What is sharing beliefs, values, and goals?
400
the number of years between siblings.
What is age span?
500
children learn their families cultural heritage and traditions - customs passed on from one generation to another.
what is passing on traditions?
500
this family includes one or more children who are not related to the foster parents but cared for as family members.
What is a foster family?
500
during this stage of life, people have time to reflect on the past and share with others what they have learned over their life time.
What is the retirement stage?
500
family members care about each others well-being and happiness for a lifetime. they are willing to work out difficulties among themselves.
What is staying committed to one another?
500
this allows families to laugh together and play even when hard times come.
What is taking time to laugh and play?