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Q2L4

Family Structures
and Legacies
TRADITIONAL FAMILY STRUCTURES
 is considered a family support system
which involves two married individuals
providing care and stability for their
biological offspring.
UNDERSTANDING FAMILY
According to functionalist George Murdock, a
family is defined as “a social group
characterized by common residence, economic
cooperation and reproduction. It includes adults
and both sexes, at least two of whom maintain
a socially approved sexual relationship and one
or more children, own and adopted of the
sexually co-habiting adults.”
The definition take note of the three
points that:
 The concept of family is not necessarily
linked to the concept of marriage and it is
the social relationship between individuals
that is important, not the legal framework to
their relationship
 Family groups can involve any number of
adults who maintain socially-approve sexual
relationships. This means that families may
involve a number of men related to a single
woman (or vice versa) and the "sexual
relationship" does not necessarily have to
be heterosexual (between people of the
opposite sex), since children may be
adopted into the family group.
 The family group involves both adults and
children. This means, presumably, that a
husband and wife, for example, who do not
produce children are not considered to be a
family.
Various Types of Family that
Exist in Todays’ Society
a. Nuclear Family - Basically consists of
two generations of family members living
in the same household

b. Extended Family - generally consists of


three or more generations living in the
same household (or very close proximity).
Extended Family
The usual name for this type of family is a
"vertically extended group" because the
"extensions" to the basic family group are
inter-generational (that is, "between
generations" - they involve grandparents
rather than uncles or aunts)
c. Step-Families - One consequence of high
rates of divorce and remarriage (or
cohabitation) is an increase in the number of
families headed by step-mothers and step-
fathers. This type of family is usually nuclear
in form and involves parents, children of
either spouse from a first marriage and
(possibly) children from their present
marriage
d. Single-Parent Family- This can be either
a father or a mother who is individually
responsible for the raising of a child. The
child can be by birth or adoption.

e. Adoptive Family- A family where one or


more of the children has been adopted.
Any structure of family may also be an
adoptive family.
f. Blended Family - A family that consists of
members from two (or more) previous
families.

g. Conditionally Separated Family- A family


member is separated from the rest of the
family. This may be due to employment far
away; military service; hospitalization; etc.
h. Foster Family - A family where one or
more of the children is legally, a temporary
member of the household
i. Gay or Lesbian family
j. Bi- racial or multi-racial family
k. Trans –racial adoptive family
l. Immigrant family
m. Migrant family

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