FAMILY
AND
TYPES OF
FAMILY
STRUCTURE
WHAT IS
• “a group of individuals
living under one roof
and usually under one
head.”
- Merriam Webster Dictionary
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“two or more persons who
share resources, share
responsibility for
decisions, share values
and goals, and have a
commitment to each other
over time”.
- Filipino sociologist Belen T. G. Medina,
PhD (Medina, 2001).
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• Family or Familia in LATIN is a
group of people related either
by consanguinity (by
recognized birth) or affinity
(by marriage or other
relationship).
• The purpose of the family is to
maintain the well-being of its
members and of society.
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• The family is also an important
economic unit studied in family
economics. The word
"families" can be used
metaphorically to create more
inclusive categories such as
community, nationhood, and
global village.
• Also Family consist of 6 types
of family structure
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“FAMILY STRUCTURE”
is a term that describes the members of a
household who are linked by marriage or
bloodline and is typically used in reference
to at least one child residing in the home
under the age of 18.
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TYPES OF FAMILY STRUCTURE
➢N U C LEAR ➢ S I NGLE PARENT ➢ E XTENDED
FA MILY FAMILY FAMILY
➢ C HILDLESS ➢ G R AN DPAR EN T ➢ STEP
FAMILY FA MILY FAMILY
A family unit consisting of
at most a father, mother
and their dependent
offsprings. The father is
usually the provider or
breadwinner while the
mother stays at home as
the homemaker who
manages the house and
their children.
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“SINGLE PARENT FAMILY”
This can either be a father
or a mother who is solely
responsible for the raising
of a child while earning for
a living to provide for the
offspring (either by choice
or by life circumstances).
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“EXTENDED
A family consisting of a
FAMILY”
nuclear family(parents and
children), plus the parents
of either the husband or
wife, or both their parents,
along with either or both
grandparents, aunts or
uncles, cousins,
grandchildren etc.
Childless families or “CHILDLESS FAMILY”
sometimes called
“forgotten family” are
families with two parents
who cannot have or don’t
want kids. In the world of
family types and
dynamics, these families
are often forgotten or left
out (even though you can
still have a family without
children).
“GRANDPARENT FAMILY”
A family where children
are raised by their
grandparents rather than
their parents
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A stepfamily is a family where at “STEP FAMILY”
least one parent has children that
are not biologically related to their
spouse. Either parent, or both, may
have children from previous
relationships or marriages.
2 classifications for stepfamilies
1. SIMPLE – only one member of 2. BLENDED OR
COMPLEX – both couple
the family’s couple has a prior
have at least one child
child and the couple does not from another
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NEW VARIATIONS OF
FAMILY STRUCTURE
1. INTERRACIAL
MARRIAGES – A
family where the
parents are
members of
different racial
identity groups.
NEW VARIATIONS OF
FAMILY STRUCTURE
2) ADOPTIVE
FAMILIES – A family
wherein one or
more of the
children has been
adopted.
NEW VARIATIONS OF
FAMILY STRUCTURE
3. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE – A
family where one or both of
the parents’ sexual
orientation is gay or lesbian
and decided to cohabit. This
has become a norm
especially in the United
States of America and more
countries are allowing same-
sex marriages.
NEW VARIATIONS OF
FAMILY STRUCTURE
3. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE – A
family where one or both of
the parents’ sexual
orientation is gay or lesbian
and decided to cohabit. This
has become a norm
especially in the United
States of America and more
countries are allowing same-
sex marriages.
IS…
INFLUENCE OF FAMILY STRUCTURE ON THE ADOLESCENT
The family is considered the first place where growing children learn their basic social
skills (Bautista, 2019). As cited in Papalia & Feldman (2012) from (Overbeek et al, 2007),
the child’s future relationships as he or she approaches adulthood is determined by his/her
interaction and quality of relationship between the parent and the child. Family influences
may vary based on the family structure present in the home (Bautista, 2019).
And last always remember that FAMILY is a greatest
blessing, a family that dreams, laughs, plays and
loves together. Those whom you can always count
on, always present not only in the good times .
IN ANY TYPES OF FAMILY WE HAVE STILL THIS OUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFT.
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