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FAMILY"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it,

whoever you are, you need one."— Jane However

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Introduction

• A family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence.

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Nuclear family- conjugal family

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Extended family

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Matrilocal family

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Functions

• One of the primary functions of the family is to produce and reproduce persons, biologically and socially.

• Economic functions-the family in a traditional society forms the primary economic unit.

• Political functions

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• From the perspective of children, the family is a "family of orientation": the family serves to locate children socially and  plays a major role in their enculturation and socialization.

•  From the point of view of the parent(s), the family is a "family of procreation," the goal of which is to produce and enculturate and socialize children.

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Family life cycle

• The emotional and intellectual stages you pass through from childhood to your retirement years as a member of a family are called the family life cycle.

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Stages of Family life cycle

• Independence : Single young adults leave home

• Coupling or marriage : The new couple joins their families through marriage or living together

• Parenting : Families with young children• Families with adolescents• Launching adult children : Launching children

and moving on• Retirement or senior years : Families in later

life

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