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Family
Authors | Jochelle Magboo and
Patrick Serra
 Presentation
Outline
Introduction Module Standards

Lesson 1 The Role of the Family in an Individual’s Life

Sub- Defining Family

lesson 1

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 Module Standards
Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs):
● Explain the context, content, processes, and consequences of
socialization; and
● Analyze the forms and functions of social organization
(specifically family, for the purpose of this module).

Content
Standards
By the end of this module, learners are expected to demonstrate an
understanding of:
How individuals learn culture and become competent members of
society;

How individuals should behave as part of a political community; and

Cultural, social, and political institutions as sets of norms and patterns

of behavior that relate to major social interests.
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 Performance Standards
By the end of this module, learners are expected to:

Identify norms and Assess the rules of Analyze aspects of Identify one's role
values to be social interaction to social organization; in social groups and
observed in maintain stability of and institutions.
interacting with everyday life and
others in society, the role of
and the innovation in
consequences of response to
ignoring these problems and
rules; challenges;

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The Role of the Family
in an Individual’s Life
Lesson 1
 Lesson Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the student is expected to be able to:

Recognize the family as an important agent of socialization;

Define the family while taking into consideration the different

perspectives on the subject-matter

Understand the framework of Filipino families in relation to state

laws, societal norms, and challenges of the nation; and

Differentiate the realities of different kinds of families.

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 Key Concepts
❏ Family - composed of individuals caring for each other, but the term
has no fixed definition.
❏ Filial piety - loyalty to family or to kin.
❏ Social institution - patterns or practices accepted as norms by
society.
❏ Marriage - pertains to a social institution characterized by the legal
union of two individuals.
❏ Socialization - refers to the process wherein an individual learns
societal norms from their immediate surroundings.
❏ Anticipatory socialization - social process wherein one acquires the
behavior or beliefs of the social group they belong to or a group they
plan on joining.
❏ “Utang
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 Study Guide
Inside Our Home (Sa Loob ng Aming
Tahanan)
Directions: In the first column, list the values and norms that exist in your home or family. In the second
column, put a check or cross mark to the corresponding value/norm depending on whether you conform
to or deviate from it. In the third column, briefly explain the ways or actions you do to conform to or
deviate from this value/norm.
Value/Norm Conform (/) or Deviate Ways You Conform or
(x)? Why? Deviate (Actions)

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 Study Guide
Have you seen a family tree?
?
This assignment is not to draw your usual family tree. You won’t
even be asked to create a tree!

Instructions. Create your own version of a visual illustration of a family, it can be a

tree or something else. Be creative in presenting your own idea of family. You may
include pictures. You may draw or paint it. You may write words you associate to
your concept of family.

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 Study Guide
My Family in the Future
Instructions. The teacher will instruct the students to draw and visualize the families that they
would create for their own in the future. The teacher will give the students 5-7 minutes to finish
the task, and then facilitate a show-and-tell activity.

Guide questions for the show-and-tell activity:

1. How would you describe your future family?
2. Do you think your future family is “ideal”?
3. Do you know any families that are not within the normative (traditional) mold of
family? What are your thoughts about these families?

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 Self-Evaluation
Complete the chart below. Write in the green box what you already know about the family.
On the yellow box, write a question that you have in your mind about the family. Lastly,
write on the red box what you want to learn more about the family in this module.

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 Sub-lesson 1:
Defining Family
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 What is the meaning of
There is no absolute definition of family since its meaning varies depending on the specific context or reality in
which it exists.

family?
Substantive definition of family
Family is a social institution found in most, if not all, societies that unites the people
in cooperative groups to care for one another, including children. (Macionis, 2017)

Family is a group of persons united by ties of marriage, blood, or adoption, constituting a

single household interacting with each other in their respective social roles of husband and
wife, mother and father, brother and sister, creating a common culture (Burgess and Locke,
1976)

Belen T. Medina - While the family was traditionally seen as how Burgess and Locke defined
it, the meaning of family can change depending on the current context or how the
family and its members behave in the present. The family can be one where there is only
one parent and the children or one with a married couple but without children. A family can be
a child-headed family where older siblings take care of younger ones, one with same-sex
parents, or one where grandparents act as primary caregivers instead of the parents, who are
living abroad but support the children financially (Burgess and Locke, 1976)
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 Types of Family

Nuclear family Extended family

a family composed of one or a family composed of parents
two parents and their children; and children as well as other kin;
also known as a conjugal family also known as a consanguine
(Macionis, 2017). family
(Macionis, 2017).

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 Common components of the definition of
family (Macionis, 2017):

Biological Functional Residential

component component component
descent, marriage, and nurturing, economic support, living under one household
kinship, presence of parent and socialization; and or common residence
and offspring; (household).

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 What is the meaning of family to the self?

● Since the family is the first

setting of an individual’s
socialization process, the family
influences the individual’s
sense of self immensely.
○ Example: Most children
would associate their identity
to their family’s status and
to the characteristics and
values of the members.

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 What is the meaning of family to the self?
➔ Filipinos are often described as family-
oriented
(Lanuza and Raymundo, 2016).
➔ Families teach or socialize children’s practice of
Filipino values such as filial piety (respect,
obedience, caring for one’s parents and elderly
members) and utang-na-loob (“debt of
gratitude” commonly associated with the kind
of care and support that individuals—
particularly children—give to their parents or
guardians as an obligation for effort in raising
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them).
Image source: Pinterest ➔ The Filipino individual’s family-centeredness
provides a basic sense of belongingness,
stability, and security. Most Filipinos draw
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 What is the meaning of family for the Philippine
state?
1987 Philippine Constitution
the State recognizes the Filipino family as the foundation of
the nation and that it strengthens the nation’s solidarity and
actively promotes its total development.

Therefore, the State shall defend:

● The right of spouses to found a family in accordance with their religious
convictions and the demands of responsible parenthood (religious and
cultural);
● 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 prejudicial to their development
(welfare and economic support);
● The right of the family to a family living wage and income (livelihood
and social security); and
● The right of families or family associations to participate in the planning
and implementation of policies and programs that affect them (political).

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 What is the meaning of family for the Philippine
state?
The State also puts the responsibility to take
care of the elderly on the family, but it also
implements social security programs that
protect the interests of its elderly population.

Marriage - is a socio-sexual institution which is part of

the institutional complex of the family. It is an
arrangement of procreation, nurturing and defining the
legitimate descent of an offspring or child. The institution of
marriage represents all the behaviors, norms, roles,
expectations, and values that are associated with the legal
union of men and women (Lanuza and Raymundo, 2016).

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 Sub-lesson 2:
Socialization in the
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 What is the role of the
family in an individual’s
life?
Social Group
collection of people who have something in common and who believe that what they
have in common is something significant. Members must feel that they belong to this
group.

Primary Group Secondary Group

small and tightly knit, bound by a large and impersonal groups whose
strong sense of belonging. Members members are bound by a shared goal
turn to other members for emotional and/or activity and not by emotional
and financial help. Example: family ties. Example: company and
and friendship groups. clubs.

Note: Secondary groups may be primary, depending on the amount of time and dependency members allot to other members.

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 Primary
Socialization
Family is the first setting of socialization where you first experience aspects
like language, beliefs, values, and norms. According to Pierre Bourdieau,
the family, especially the parents or guardians, provide an individual the so-
called cultural capital.

Family as an Agent of
Socialization
“The family affects socialization in many ways. For most
people, in fact, the family may be the most important
socialization agent of all.”
(Macionis, 2017).

Infants born into families are totally dependent on the care of others. Family members,
especially parents, provide a safe environment and protection to an infant or child as they
grow up. Family members also consciously or unconsciously teach the child ideas,
values, beliefs, and norms (in the process called enculturation).
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 The Role of Family in
Socialization

Development of Transmission of Development of Primary

language, skills, culture (religious, sense of relationships
hobbies and social, political, belongingness; responsible for
interests, attitudes gender norms); and learning and
and behavior, enculturation.
personality, and
character

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 Socialization and the Life
Course:
For most of us, the family is present in all stages of our lives:

Childhood Adolescen Adultho Old Death

ce od Age

Influence of the Family on the Child’s

Personality
A family’s social position,
including race and social class,
shapes a child’s personality
(Macionis, 2017).

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 How does the family affect
the individual’s practice of
➔
agency?
Political will is first developed inside the home.
Many parents pass on their political beliefs to their
children. However, many children also take their own
political path. A more extreme example would be the
existence of political dynasties.

➔ An individual’s level of social awareness and

action is also heavily influenced by their family’s
immersion in social realities. Individuals whose family
members are more socially-aware tend to have
increased political participation as they grow up.

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 How does an individual
socialize inside the circle of
the family?

Anticipatory Socialization refers to the social process

where an individual learns to take on the values and
standards of groups that they are in or they plan to join.
For example, children anticipate becoming adults in the future. They look at
their parents/guardians who are adults as models to know what they need to
do.
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 Conforming or Deviating
Emile Durkheim’s Concept of Deviance Applied in the Experience of
the Family -
Deviance serves a function:
➔ Defining (cultural) values and norms - In the family, there are
certain norms which are to be followed by the family members.
Not following the set norm or value results in deviance by a
particular member.

Example: The concept of “blacksheep of the family” reveals that there are
norms specific to each family. In Filipino families, a “bulakbol” (an individual who is
happy-go-lucky and does not value studies, work, productivity) is usually shunned
by family members.

➔ Clarifying moral boundaries - At an early age, a child is taught by

their parents the idea of what is good and bad (broad sense of
morality). If a family member crosses the line, they might be punished.
While most Filipino families do away from the practice of “pamamalo,”
some still do.

When children make mistakes or done something bad, parents/guardians would

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punish them by spanking or hitting, thus the infamous concepts of “natsinelas,
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 Gender Norms
These are first enforced in the family setting. Since gender is normally
associated with functions, gender roles are normalized.

In doing household chores, the mother (woman) normally nurtures

the family, cleans, and does other domestic functions. The
father (man), however, normally attends to the matters of
livelihood. In the Filipino family context, conservative parents often
enforce norms in attitudes and behaviors on their children -- how girls
must behave, act, or dress up or how boys should not show
emotions and man up. But nowadays, many families are doing-away
with these beliefs and practices.
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 Synchronous
Activity
Activity 1: Pamilya sa Media: Sharing Among
Students

Image Source: RC Commercial

Image Source: Selecta Commercial
(Contagious)
(Youtube)

Sample Guide Questions:

● What is your opinion of the TV commercial’s portrayal of family?

● Do you think the media’s portrayal of family influences a child’s perception
of a family?
● Why do most TV commercials incorporate the concept of family in their
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 Synchronous
Activity
Activity 2: Different Realities

Taruc, J. (2017, October 16). I-Witness: 'Pamilya Moderno,' dokumentaryo ni Jay Taruc (full episode) [Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm-wlt1qbHE.

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 Synchronous
Activity
Activity 3: Family Roles

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 Asynchronous
Activity
ctivity 1: Letter to My Family (Reflective Assessmen

Sample guide questions:

● What do you want to say to your family or a specific family member?
● How did your family influence you as an individual?
● What do you think about the responsibilities that a family has to its
members?
● What have you learned in life because of your family?
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 Asynchronous
Activity
Activity 2: Ohana (Creative Assessment)

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 Self-Paced
Learning
Activity: Welcome Back, Mama/Papa
(Optional Activities)

Image Source: Rappler (Pulitzer Center)

Sample guide questions:

● When did your parent(s) start working abroad?
● What are their reasons for working as an OFW?
● What can you say about your parent(s) working abroad?
● What are the challenges that you face as a child with OFW parents?

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 Self-Evaluation pt. 2
Complete the chart below. Write in the green box what you have learned about the family in this
module. On the yellow box, write a new question that you have in your mind on the family. Lastly,
write on the red box how you will apply your understanding of the family in improving Philippine
society.

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 Rubric for Discussions
Excellent Above Developing Needs
Average Improvement
Content:
The central
theme/idea/argument of
the student’s output is
focused and supported
by evidence which
indicates mastery of the
content.

Organization:
The flow of the
discussion of the central
theme/idea/theme is
coherent.

Presentation:
The form and
presentation of the
central theme/idea is
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 Rubric for Creative
Outputs
Excellent Above Developing Needs
Average Improvement
Content:
The artwork clearly
presents information,
ideas, and/or theme on
topic which
demonstrates
understanding and
mastery of the content.

Presentation:
The artwork is
meaningful and elicits
understanding on the
subject.

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 Rubric for Written
Excellent Outputs
Above Developing Needs
Average Improvement
Content:
The central theme/idea
of the paper is focused
and supported by
evidence which
indicates mastery of the
content.

Organization:
The flow of the
discussion of the central
theme/idea is coherent.

Presentation:
The form and
presentation of the
central theme/idea is
clear and easy to
understand.
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 Learning Materials
● Atienza, M.E. et al (2016). Understanding Culture, Society and Politics for Senior High School. C&E
Publishing. Manila, Philippines.
● Atienza, M.E. et al (2016). Understanding Culture, Society and Politics for Senior High School. C&E
Publishing. Manila, Philippines.
● On Socialization and Family: Crash Course. (2017, June 20). Socialization: Crash Course Sociology
#14 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-RvJQxqVQc
● On Family as a Social Group: Crash Course. (2017, July 4). Social Groups: Crash Course Sociology
#16 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wFZ5Dbj8DA.
● On Different Kinds of Families and the Duty of the State: Crash Course. (2017, December 19). Stages
of Family Life: Crash Course Sociology #38. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=eWTz3KBCxfg.
● On Issues About Marriage and Family Life: Crash Course (2017, December 19). “Stages of Family
Life: Crash Course Sociology #38”. [Video]. Retrieved September 15, 2020, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWTz3KBCxfg.
● On Different Kinds of Families and the Duty of the State: Crash Course. (2017, December 19). Stages
of Family Life: Crash Course Sociology #38
● [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWTz3KBCxfg.
● 1On
Class Issues
| Module 3 About Marriage and Family Life: Crash Course (2017, December 19). “Stages of Family /
 References
● Belen T.G. Medina. (2015). The Filipino Family. 3rd Edition. Quezon City: University of
the Philippines Press.
● Burgess, E.W. and Locke, H. J. (1945). The family: From institution to companionship.
New York: American Book Company.
● Lanuza, Gerry & Raymundo,Sarah. 2016. “Unit IV: Culture and Society”. Understanding
Culture, Society and Politics. First Edition. Manila: Rex Book Store, pp. 184-216.
● Torres, A. (2015). The Changing Filipino Family. Philippine Sociological Review, 63, 223-
228. Retrieved September 16, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/24717167.

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