Family Unit Warm-up:

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Families
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What is a family?

• A family is defined as a group of people related
  by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• Families share common traits with other families,
  such as meeting needs for family members and for
  society. Each member also has certain roles and
  responsibilities.

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The Role of the Family

• Your family meets many needs often taken for
  granted!
• You would not be here if it were not for your
  family.
• One of the main functions of families within
  society is reproduction, or having babies. This
  keeps the population growing.

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Socialization

• Socialization means teaching children proper
  behavior.
• For example teaching manners, what you believe
  to be right or wrong, how to treat others, and
  how to communicate with others.
• Parents serve as role models.
• Discipline is part of the
• socialization process.

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Meeting Physical Needs

• Parents support their children financially.
• Parents provide food, clothing and shelter for
  family members.
• Families care for sick members of their family.

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Providing Emotional Support

• Families provide unconditional love, comfort and
  support.
• Family members are accepted and loved, including
  in times of disappointment or stress within the
  family.

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In a family you learn you do not have to be
perfect for someone to love and care about you.
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Families are not the only social unit that
performs these functions..

• Schools help socialize children.
• Religious organizations help teach children right
  from wrong.
• Hospitals and dentists help families with
  physical care.
• The police and fire department help keep families
  safe.
• Families need help from society. Society needs
  help from families to perform all of its roles.

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A family is a relationship

• A relationship is a connection that a person has
  with another person.
• A family structure is a term used to describe the
  makeup of a family group.
• Any family structure can provide a happy and
  secure atmosphere in which to grow up.

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The Functions of Family

• Families meet the social, emotional and physical
  needs of family members.

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A family is

• a group of people related by blood, marriage, or
  adoption

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Types of Families

• Nuclear Family
• A mother, father, and one or more children

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• Single-Parent Family
• One parent and one or more children

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• Stepfamily
• Formed when a single parent marries. The new
  parent may or may not have children of his or her
  own. (blended family)

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Extended family

• Formed when one or more relatives are added to
  any other type of family

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Childless Family

• A couple who has no children

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• Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing
  a child with a parent or parents other than the
  birth mother or father.

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• Foster families care for minor children or young
  people who no longer live with their biological
  parents or other custodial adults by state
  authority.
• Foster placements are monitored until the
  biological family can provide appropriate care or
  the child is adopted.