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Section 1.1 The Need for Strong Families
The family serves many functions for its
members. Families and society affect each
other in many ways. Society is strong when the
families in it are strong.
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Functions of the Family
The family serves many functions for its members.
Families and society affect each other in numerous
ways.
Society is strong when the families in it are strong.
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Functions of the Family
A family adds value and structure to individual lives
and to society.
family
A group of two or more people who live
together. These people are related by birth,
marriage, or adoption.
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Functions of the Family
The functions that the family provides are also the
responsibilities of family life.
• Love and affection
• Economic support
• Security
• Procreation
• Protection
• Guidance
• Education
• Socialization
• Teaching values
• Recreation
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Functions of the Family
Each person in a family has a special function to the
other family members.
function
A purpose, action, or role.
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Functions of the Family
Members of dysfunctional families may have to
work harder than others do to meet certain needs.
They still may be able to carry out some of their
functions.
dysfunctional
Unable to carry out functions.
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The Family: The Basic Unit of Society
The basic unit of society is the family.
society
A group of people who have developed
patterns of relationships from being around
one another.
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The Family: The Basic Unit of Society
Families affect every level of society, but they have
the greatest impact on the community closest to
them.
community
The common area where different people
live. Each community or society is made up
of many families.
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The Family: The Basic Unit of Society
When people, families, and society work together
and support each other, each is stronger. Society
can be seen at many levels:
Neighborhood
City
Levels of
Society
Country
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Society and Families
Families are vital to the health of society.
Parts of society affect families. You and your family
are linked to your community.
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Family Law
Laws that affect families influence family spending,
affect education, and protect older family members
and children. There are laws for:
• Taxes
• Schools
• Interest rates
• Marriage
• Unemployed people
• Divorce
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The Business World
Businesses and families affect each other.
When work affects workers, it can also have an
impact on others in the family.
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The Business World
When employers create helpful family policies, both
sides gain.
gain
To acquire an increase or addition.
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Community Involvement
The community offers many groups to help families.
Social
Agencies
Religious
Groups
Schools
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and the
Courts
Parks
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Community Involvement
Families can find a wide array of groups and
services in the community to help them with their
issues.
array
A large group, number, or quantity of
people or things.
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The Family’s Responsibility
Just as society works to help families, families have
a responsibility to take an active role. Society can
not do it all. Families must:
Take Responsibility
Find their strengths
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Taking Responsibility
By taking on more responsibility, families can take
the pressure off society.
When families help the community, they help
themselves.
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Family Strengths
They support
each other.
They
communicate
with each other.
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Strengths
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other in the family
and in the
community.
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Strong Families Are Healthy Families
Strong families can deal with problems.
They look for ways to cope and find answers to
issues that come up.
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Section 1.2 Why Study Families?
Interpersonal skills help people build
strong families. You can use what you
learn about families in your life now and
in the future.
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Interpersonal Skills
The family serves many functions for its members.
Families and society affect each other in numerous
ways.
Society is strong when the families in it are strong.
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Interpersonal Skills
When families learn to use interpersonal skills,
they can begin to get along better.
interpersonal skills
Occurring between people.
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Interpersonal Skills
Learning communication skills will help families
become stronger.
communication
The process of sending and receiving
messages.
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Interpersonal Skills
Families must have strong problem-solving and
decision-making skills.
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Interpersonal Skills
Families with good management skills will be able
to handle finances and household chores more
easily.
management
Using what you have to get what you
want.
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Interpersonal Skills
Good conflict resolution helps families live
together peacefully.
conflict resolution
A way to solve disagreements.
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Strengthen Your Family Now
Because very few families are problem-free, they
need to know:
• The family comes first.
• Every family member contributes to the family.
• Change is possible.
• Problems can be solved.
• How to solve problems.
• Where to get help.
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Strengthen Your Family Now
Families have many challenges to confront in
today’s world.
confront
To come face to face with.
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Look to the Future
If you plan a family in the future, you will find the
knowledge and skills you learn now will help you
make the kind of family life you want.
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Learn About Yourself
As you learn new interpersonal skills, you will find
out what kind of person you are and how to become
the person you would like to be.
The more you learn about relationships in the family,
the more likely you will be able to make them work.
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Learn About Yourself
Learning about the link between families and its
members is vital knowledge for you now and in the
future.
vital
Of critical importance.
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Working with Families
As you study the family, you may find an interest in a
career involved in working with other families.
There are a variety of careers available if you have a
desire to follow this path.
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Section 2.1 Families Meet Many Needs
Everyone’s emotional, physical, social,
and mental needs are first met in the
family.
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Family Needs and Wants
A family is a support structure. It takes care of its
members throughout their lifetime.
Families are a primary source for fulfilling an
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Family Needs and Wants
If a person cannot properly develop without
something, it is a need. Every person has multiple
kinds of needs, among them emotional, physical,
social, and mental needs.
need
Something required for a person’s survival
or growth.
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An individual’s desire to have the latest video game
is a want, no matter how important video games are
to him or her.
want
Something that is desired but not essential.
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Family Needs and Wants
It is important that a family be able to distinguish
between its needs and wants, especially when it
comes to managing the family’s time and budget.
distinguish
To recognize as distinct and different.
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Family Needs and Wants
A family cannot satisfy all of its members’ needs and
wants. As people grow older, they begin to rely more
on community members and structures outside the
family for fulfillment:
• Friends
• Religion
• School
• Work
• Sports teams
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Emotional Support
A family gives its members a specific kind of support.
While a column propping up a building gives
structural support, a family comforting or cheering its
members gives emotional support.
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It is important, as a family member, to be sensitive to
others’ emotions as well as honest about your own.
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Emotional Support
A person may not be able to control how or when
they feel an emotion, but he or she can control how
they deal with it in their actions.
emotion
A feeling experienced in response to
thoughts, remarks, and events.
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Emotional Support
You can provide your friends and family with
emotional support in a variety of ways, like
listening, complimenting, or giving advice.
emotional support
The actions people take to meet the
emotional needs of others.
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Emotional Support
Everyone can benefit from having a strong support
system around them.
support system
A group of family and friends who are
available to provide support when needed.
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The Time for Support
A person needs and gives support all the time. It
might seem easier to be supportive when life is
going well, but people require even more support
when times are tough.
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Emotional support should address any personal
events, whether good or bad, or big or small. Even
minor day-to-day problems are easier to handle with
a little support.
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Create Family Bonds
Giving and accepting emotional support within a
family helps create a long-term family bond that
maintains and strengthens the family’s support
system.
family bond
A strong feeling of connection that unites a
family in a committed relationship.
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Create Family Bonds
Creating a bond is not the same thing as keeping it.
Members need to be proactive participants in the
support system. Sometimes you have to make a
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Family and Personality
Your younger brother never wins when your family
plays board games, but he is always a good sport
about it. Good sportsmanship is a key
characteristic of your brother’s. Everybody has a
variety of characteristics that distinguish them from
others.
characteristic
A distinguishing feature or quality.
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Family and Personality
A family has a very strong influence on the
personality of each member, but many other things
also contribute to making a person who they are.
personality
The characteristics that make a person
unique.
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Physical Needs
People require food, sleep, and shelter to be
nourished, rested, and safe.
These needs are often fulfilled by the family,
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Protecting Family Members
Everyone in a family looks out for the well-being of
everyone else in a variety of ways:
Providing a safe
environment
Monitoring health
Keeping babies away from the home’s power
sockets and stairs; installing fresh batteries in
smoke detectors.
Regular check-ups and vaccinations; taking
care of one another when feeling ill.
Setting rules
Implementing the buddy system; assigning
curfew.
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Social Skills
A family is where a person first learns the social
skills they need to function in their society.
Some social skills involve the basic lessons of
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growing up, like learning how to get along with
others or how to be independent. But some social
skills, like learning manners, are important for
learning how to behave in your specific community.
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Social Skills
The family is only one setting for a child’s
socialization. Playing with other children and going
to school are also important ways that children learn
how to be social.
socialization
The process of learning social skills.
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Social Skills
A family may be a cohesive unit, but it is made up of
individuals. Growing up means developing
independence.
independence
The ability to take care of oneself.
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Mental Growth
Although people continue to develop their minds
throughout their lifetime, their values and habits are
set up at a very young age.
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As the child’s first teacher, the family unit is uniquely
influential and must take care to emphasize learning
and social skills with its youngest members.
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Section 2.2 Families Meet Many Needs
Values are beliefs and principles. They
are based on ideas about what is right,
good, and desirable. They are learned in
the family and from society. What people
do shows the values they hold.
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What are Values?
A person uses their values to act and make choice.
A person’s values are very closely tied to their ideas
of what is right, good, and desirable.
values
Beliefs and principles.
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What are Values?
Sometimes beliefs and principles can seem to
contradict each other. Henry believes that men and
women are equal, but he still follows the principle of
chivalry.
principle
A rule of action or conduct.
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What are Values?
The values you choose to hold combine to form a
value system that governs how you think and
behave. Groups of people, particularly families, can
have their own guiding value system as well.
value system
The set of values that one has.
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The Impact of Values
Core values upheld by society include honesty,
kindness, and social responsibility.
Other common values are maintained by the
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government through law. America’s Declaration of
Independence and Constitution are based on values
of freedom and equality.
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The Impact of Values
Determining what you value is important for
determining what you believe to be wrong or right.
Your value system becomes the foundation for your
moral code.
moral code
Personal beliefs about what is right and
wrong.
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Values are Learned
The family is the first place where you learn values.
Adults teach their values in several ways:
By Example: By showing
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By School or Religious
Training: By formally educating
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Developing a Value System
While families and later friends may provide the
foundation for your value system, you will encounter
values in many other places:
Movies
TV
Newspapers
Books
Internet
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Developing a Value System
Building your own value system requires evaluating
the other values with which you come into contact.
There are many factors
to consider when assessing
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a new value. What will your family think? Does
society have a law? Ultimately, your value system is
your own and you must choose.
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Live Your Values
Once you learn your values, you can live by them.
Values mean nothing if you do not act on them.
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