FAMILY
STRUCTURES
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
FAMILY
•A FAMILY IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE RELATED BY MARRIAGE, BLOOD, OR
ADOPTION, LIVE TOGETHER, AND SHARE
IN THE FINANCES OF ITS MEMBERS.
TYPES OF FAMILY
1. NUCLEAR OR 6. SAME-SEX
TRADITIONAL 7. FOSTER
2. EXTENDED 8. GRANDPARENT-LED
3. BLENDED / STEPFAMILIES 9. CHILDLESS FAMILY
4. ADOPTIVE
5. SINGLE-PARENT
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NUCLEAR OR TRADITIONAL FAMILY
COMPRISES THE FATHER, MOTHER, AND CHILDREN
EXTENDED
FAMILY
• A FAMILY THAT
INCLUDES PARENTS
AND CHILDREN AND
OTHER RELATIVES (AS
GRANDPARENTS,
AUNTS, OR UNCLES) IN
THE SAME
HOUSEHOLD.
BLENDED/
STEPFAMILIES
• THIS REFERS TO A
COUPLE LIVING
WITH AT LEAST ONE
CHILD FROM HIS OR
HER PREVIOUS
RELATIONSHIP
ADOPTIVE
FAMILY
• A COUPLE WHO
WANTS TO TAKE
GOOD CARE OF A
CHILD BORN TO
OTHERS; COMMITS
LEGALLY TO RAISE
AND PROVIDE FOR
THE CHILD.
SINGLE-PARENT
FAMILY
• EITHER THE FATHER OR THE
MOTHER TAKES GOOD
CARE OF ONE OR MORE
CHILDREN, WHICH MAY
HAVE RESULTED FROM THE
DEATH OF THE PARTNER,
SEPARATION, OR LACK OF
MARRIAGE.
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SAME-SEX
FAMILY
• THESE FAMILIES ARE
HEADED BY SAME-SEX
COUPLES WHO MAY
HAVE CHILDREN
THROUGH VARIOUS
MEANS, SUCH AS
ADOPTION, SURROGACY,
OR ASSISTED
REPRODUCTIVE
TECHNOLOGIES
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FOSTER FAMILY
• FOSTER FAMILIES PROVIDE
TEMPORARY CARE AND
SUPPORT TO CHILDREN WHO
ARE UNABLE TO LIVE WITH
THEIR BIRTH FAMILIES.
FOSTER PARENTS OFFER A
STABLE AND NURTURING
ENVIRONMENT FOR THESE
CHILDREN.
GRANDPARENT-
LED FAMILY
• IN SOME CASES, GRANDPARENTS
TAKE ON THE PRIMARY
CAREGIVING ROLE FOR THEIR
GRANDCHILDREN, EITHER BY
CHOICE OR DUE TO
CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS
PARENTAL ABSENCE OR INABILITY
TO CARE FOR THE CHILDREN.
CHILDLESS
FAMILY
• A CHILDLESS FAMILY IS
A COUPLE OR AN
INDIVIDUAL WITHOUT
CHILDREN. THIS COULD
BE BY CHOICE OR DUE
TO VARIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES.
PARENTING STYLES
PARENTING STYLES
•AUTHORITATIVE
•AUTHORITARIAN
• PERMISSIVE OR INDULGENT
• UNINVOLVED
PARENTING STYLES
AUTHORITARIAN
• CHARACTERIZED BY A HIGH LEVEL OF
DEMANDINGNESS AND MAY NOT BE
THAT RESPONSIVE TO THEIR CHILDREN’S
NEEDS.
• THE PRIMARY IMPORTANT THING FOR
THEM IS TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.
• PUNISHMENT OVER DISCIPLINE
AUTHORITATIVE
• PARENTS ARE NURTURING, RESPONSIVE, AND
SUPPORTIVE, YET SET FIRM LIMITS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
• THEY ATTEMPT TO CONTROL CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR BY
EXPLAINING RULES, DISCUSSING, AND REASONING.
• THEY LISTEN TO A CHILD'S VIEWPOINT BUT DON'T ALWAYS
ACCEPT IT.
• CHILDREN RAISED WITH THIS STYLE TEND TO BE FRIENDLY,
ENERGETIC, CHEERFUL, SELF-RELIANT, SELF-CONTROLLED,
CURIOUS, COOPERATIVE AND ACHIEVEMENT-ORIENTED.
PERMISSIVE
• IN THIS PARENTING STYLE, PARENTS ARE
WARM, BUT LAX. THEY FAIL TO SET FIRM
LIMITS, TO MONITOR CHILDREN'S
ACTIVITIES CLOSELY OR TO REQUIRE
APPROPRIATELY MATURE BEHAVIOR OF
THEIR CHILDREN.
• CHILDREN RAISED WITH THIS PARENTING
STYLE TEND TO BE IMPULSIVE, REBELLIOUS,
AIMLESS, DOMINEERING, AGGRESSIVE AND
LOW IN SELF-RELIANCE, SELF-CONTROL
AND ACHIEVEMENT.
UNINVOLVED
• IN THIS PARENTING STYLE, PARENTS ARE
UNRESPONSIVE, UNAVAILABLE AND
REJECTING.
• CHILDREN RAISED WITH THIS PARENTING
STYLE TEND TO HAVE LOW SELF-ESTEEM
AND LITTLE SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SEEK
OTHER, SOMETIMES INAPPROPRIATE, ROLE
MODELS TO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE
NEGLECTFUL PARENT.
