“Means different things to

different people”

FAMILY

FAMILYA group of persons united by ties of marriage,

blood or adoption; constituting a single

household; interacting and communicating with

each other in their respective social roles of

husband and wife, mother and father, son and

daughter, brother and sister; and creating and

maintaining a common culture.

- Burgess and Locke

Family members need not be bound by

legal marriage or by blood or adoption.

- Lamanna and Riedman

FAMILY

HOUSEHOLDA group of persons living under one roof and

sharing the same kitchen and housekeeping

arrangements.

Not relayed by marriage, blood or adoption

Not engaged in the performance of familial

roles

Example: boarding house

CLASSIFICATIONS:

Based on internal organization or

membership, families may be classified

into two:

•Nuclear Family• Extended Family

NUCLEAR FAMILYConsists typically of a married man and woman

with their offspring. (Murdock)

Primary unit of all types of families and is

considered the basic building block in family

structures

Classified into two types:• Family of orientation• Family of procreation

NUCLEAR FAMILYFamily of Orientation

• Consists of the individual, his parent and all his siblings

• The family where the individual was born and reared

Family of Procreation• Consists of the individual, his spouse, and all

his children.• The family which the individual was

established by his marriage.

NUCLEAR FAMILYCompound or composite families

• When nuclear families are combined in various ways to form larger familial groupings

Polygamous family• Combination of nuclear families through the

extension of the husband-wife bond as a result of plural marriages

• Consists of a person and all his or her families of procreation

EXTENDED FAMILY

When a number of nuclear families are

linked together by virtue of the kinship

bond between parents and children and/or

between siblings.

Kinship bond makes the extended family

continuous generation after generation,

3 MAIN POINTS OF INTERACTION

Husband-Wife Relations• Conjugal Bond- internal sense of obligation

and privilege, respect, affection or sexual attraction existing in the mind and heart of each spouse.

• Social Pressure- community expects the husband and wife to be loving and faithful to each other and to have a lasting and permanent marriage.

• Economic Cooperation

Parent-Child Relations• Strong Filial Bond between parent and the

children• Role of Parents- loving, caring and protective• Role of Children- love, respect and obey

• Economic Cooperation

Sibling Relations• Mutual love, protection and respect

3 MAIN POINTS OF INTERACTION

FILIPINO FAMILY TODAY

FILIPINO FAMILY TODAY

Global and Urban Migration

Changing Role of Women

Political Instability

Violence

Power of Media

GLOBAL AND URBAN MIGRATION

Increase in the number of Overseas Filipino

Workers

“Seasonal Orphans”

Increase in urban migration (Metro Manila, Metro

Cebu, Metro Davao)

Families have become smaller (nuclear)

CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN

“Househusbands”

More women OFWs

Parenting from a distance

Youth are increasingly parented by

television (McCann-Erickson Youth

Study)

POLITICAL INSTABILITY

Instability Insecurity ANXIETY

“God, my family and myself”

Related to this political crisis is the

moral degradation in society

Role “MODELS” of Adults in High

positions

VIOLENCEViolence in the family takes many forms, some of

which are so subtle that we are not even aware that

they are happening.• Subtle putdown to favouritism• Minor insult to verbal abuse• Labelling to bullying• Intimidation in the family to parental fights

Television• News• Teleseryes

Computer games

Use of Internet

POWER OF MEDIA