FAMILY

NCM 101
Prepared by:
Adelfa Candida V. Villaluz, MN
At the end of 1 hour the students will be able to:
Define family
State the different structures and functions
of a family
Identify the different roles of father and
mother in a family
Describe an ideal family
objectives
Basic unit of society
Unity of interacting persons
bound by ties of marriage, birth
or adoption

FAMILY
An open and developing system of
interacting personalities with
structure and process enacted in
relationships among the individual
members regulated and stressors
and existing within the larger
community (Smith & Maurer, 1995)
FAMILY
Composed of two or more
people who are emotionally
involved with each other and
live in close geographical
proximity. (Friedman)

FAMILY
An organization or social
institution with continuity
(past, present and future).

FAMILY
Comprise of husband and wife and
their dependent children,
constituting a fundamental unit in
the organization of society
Collective body of persons who live
in one house, and under one head
or manager; a household. Including
parents, children and servants
FAMILY
two or people who share goals
and values, have long-term
commitments to one another
and reside usually in the same
dwelling place
FAMILY
Based on the Philippine Constitution, Family Code
with focus on religious, legal and cultural aspects of
the definition of family
Section 1
The state recognizes the Filipino family as the
foundation of the nation. Accordingly, it shall
strengthen its solidarity and actively promote its
total development

Filipino Family
Section 2
Marriage, as an inviolable social
institution, is the foundation of family
and shall be protected by the state

Filipino Family
Section 3
The state shall defend
The right of spouses to found a family in
accordance with their religious convictions and
the demands of responsible parenthood
The right of children to assistance including
proper care and nutrition, and special protection
from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty,
exploitation and other conditions of prejudicial
to their development


Filipino Family
Section 3
The state shall defend
The right of the family to family living
wage income
The right of families or family associations
to participate in the planning and
implementation of policies and programs
of that affect them

Filipino Family
Section 4
The family has the duty to care for its
elderly members but the state may
also do so through just programs of
social security

Filipino Family
Traditional family both parents reside in home with
children, mother assumes the nurturing role & father
provide necessary economic resources
Two-career family both partners are employed
Single parent family divorced or separated,
unmarried, widowed male or female with at least one
child
Adolescent family young parents
Types of family in todays society
Foster family - temporary
Blended family combination of 2 families
with children from both families, remarriage
with children from pervious marriage
Dyad family husband and wife living
together without children
Cohabiting family living together like family
but remain unmarried
Gay and lesbian family
Types of family in todays society
Socialization (transmit culture, patterned way of living and value)
Social control (conform to what it considers as desirable behavior)
Reproductive and sexual functions (to
perpetuate human species)
Economic functions (provide economic needs)
Identity and social status (gives status)
Basic Family Functions
Characteristics:
Protective, supportive and
responsible and able to provide a
number of significant benefits to
themselves, communities and
their children
Authority figure

father
father
Categories:
Weekend/holiday
father
Sperm donor
Youthful father
Cuckolded father
DI Dad

Categories:
Natural
Birth father
Surprise father
Posthumous father
Non-parental father

Roles in the family
Father to his child or children
Husband to his wife
Disciplining children
Nurturing love
father
This father is preoccupied with
providing financial support for his
family. He may work long hours to
bring home his pay check and does
not take an active part in caring for
the children. Making money
provides this father with distraction
from family involvement.
Reaction
Categories
Biological
Surrogate mother
Teenage mother
Step mother
Mother-in-law

mother
Roles in the family
Wife to her husband
Mother to her kids
Child bearer
Form extreme close relationship with
children
Sacrifice many of her wants and desire for
the benefits of her child

mother
Characteristics of good mother
Treat each child as an individual
Helps their child set out on their own path
One that is willing to listen, listen, listen
Show disapproval when she feels that the child
has done something wrong
Willing to stand up on her own beliefs
mother
5 basic functions of a mother
Heart of the home
Light of learning
Learner-teacher
Creative recorder
Coordinator of responsibilities
mother
G good communication patterns
O - observance of resilience
D desire to spend more time together
C - commitment
A - appreciate
R - respect and religious orientation
E - establish strong value system
S - self efficacy
Universal characteristics of an ideal
family
Ability to express anger without denying love.
Ability to accept differences in opinions and feelings.
Ability to clear and direct communication that allow
feelings to be expressed separately from action.
Ability for family members to depend on the larger
community.
Ability to gradually hand over age-appropriate
decision-making to growing children and support
independence.
Five characteristics of a healthy
family
F - un
A - ttention
M - emories
I - nspire
L - ove
Y ield to GOD

Good families arent born, they are made.
- Stinnett & Difrain, 1985

The most important thing a father can
do for his children is to love their
mother.
- Author Unknown
REFLECTION
One with two married people, intact (no
divorce or separated) and children are
present

Characteristics of an Ideal Filipino
Family
Lifetime relationship grounded in romantic
love and the institution of marriage
Presence of children and activities of child
raising
Emotionally supportive environment
Gender-based division of labor and authority
Parental authority and control
Main characteristics of the Ideal
Filipino Family are:
Social institution: accepted practice that
bestows moral legitimacy on the relationship
Ceremony: ritual signalling that a special
relationship has been formed
Legal status: set of rights and responsibilities
backed up by the legal processes and sanctions
MARRIAGE
Marriage is supposed to be based on romantic love,
rather than arranged marriages or marriages for
economic reasons.

Romantic love is supposed to be the motivation for
getting married, the emotional legitimacy for the
marital relationship and the cement that keeps the
relationship together
ROMANTIC LOVE
Supposed to be a lifetime
commitment and a lifelong
relationship
LIFETIME RELATIONSHIP
CHILDREN
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
GENDER
B/W FAMILY & SOCIETY
Male work outside of home
Female - works to maintain home and family
WITHIN THE FAMILY
Male
Female
Patriarchy
PARENTAL CONTROL
Its easy to surmise the main social problems of the
family. Real people have a difficult time maintaining
lifetime commitments. Love is a feeling that can easily
disappear, taking with it an important foundation for
marriage. Families do not necessarily need the
institution of marriage to exist. Families can exist
without ever producing children. The family can easily
be abusive, rather than supportive environment.
Gender norms have been strongly and radically
challenged in our society. Parental authority has been
significantly challenged by the media, peer subculture
and pop culture.
Lets react to this
Internal organization and
membership
nuclear-
extended

Family structure
Descent
Patrilineal -
matrilineal
Residence
Patrilocal
Matrilocal
Neolocal
Avuncolocal
Bilocal

Family structure
Authority
Patriarchal
Matriarchal
Egalitarian
Family structure
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