The family

A group of people related by blood marriage or adoption

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Types of family

• Nuclear: parents and children • Lone parent: one parent and children• Extended: Parents children and others e.g.

grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins etc..• Blended: family consisting of partners with

children from previous relationships

Functions of the family

• To provide the physical needs of the family e.g. food, clothing, shelter, protection from danger.

• To provide the emotional needs of the family e.g. love, security.

• To help the development of family members e.g. socialisation, life skills.

Rights & Responsibility

• A right is something to which we are entitled• A responsibility is something for which we are

answerable

Rights of Children (under 18)

• Love and understanding• To grow up in the care of their family• Education until 16• Protection from cruelty and neglect

Rights of Adults ( 0ver 18)

• To work• To vote• Consumer rights• To sign legal documents• To marry

Responsibilities of children

• To show respect to others.• To obey parents and people in authority• To learn how to behave in their society

Responsibility of Adolescents

• To respect themselves and others• To co-operate at home• To participate in school• To behave properly in their society

Responsible teenagers

• Are good role models for younger children• Have a good relationship with siblings, parents

and grandparents.• Have a good influence on peers

Roles

• A role is a ways were are expected to behave in life.

• Every person has different roles to play at different times.

• Eg daughter, sister, friend, student, girlfriend, club athlete.

Parent’s Role

• Reproducing/adopting/fostering and caring for children.

• Providing financially for children• Providing education for children until 16• In the past fathers earned money, mothers

cared for children.• Now these roles have changed

Children’s role• Behave in a way normal for their age.• Teenagers expected to be more responsible

and independent.• The influence of peers is stronger which can

cause tension between teenagers and their parents

• Good communication between teenagers and parents can solve this problem

Gender Roles

• Gender means being male and female• Males and females are expected to act

differently• They learn this from observing the males and

females around them• Equal treatment of males and females is called

gender equality

Stereotyping

• Means seeing things or people in a set or fixed way.

• Examples:• All mechanics are men• All black people can sing• All nurses are women

Social norms

• An acceptable way of behaving in society.• People are expected to behave in a

responsible so that conflict in society is avoided.

Relationships

• An interaction between people• Our first relationships are within our own

family• If we have good relationships within our family

we find it easier to form relationships outside the family

Relationships• Ideally relationship between parents is close,

loving, equal and respectful, sharing the responsibility for the family.

• Relationships between parents and children should be loving, secure and respectful. It is a parents responsibility to discipline children.

• Relationships between siblings should be close and caring, they should be treated equally by their parents.

Communication

• How we relate to one another.• Involves body language, speaking and

listening• When we first meet someone we create an

impression by how we look and communicate.• Don’t always your first impression, get to know

people.

Listening

• A skill• Good communicators:

Speak clearlyListen carefullyLook people in the eye

Conflict

• Everyone has disagreements with other people from time to time.

• Conflict can only be solved by communicating with the other person or people.