explain how family is the basic unit of society
? Structure where children are raised and values are passed from generation to generation.
? Basic unit of social health- first place person learns to relate to other people
? healthy relationships with family then other relationships will be healthy
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no fault divorce
a divorce granted without either party having to prove the other party guilty of misconduct
changes in family before 1800s to present
� Until the 1800s parents both stayed home-raised children
� Farming or working a trade
? Industrial revolution changed things, men went to factories and offices while women stayed home.
? More women go to work
? High divorce rate
? Postponing marriage
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3 main factors that changed the American Family
More women go to work
High divorce rate
Postponing marriage
Nuclear family
� Couple and the child/children living together in one household.
� Biological or adopted
? Adoption: legal process by which parents take another person's child into their family to be raised as their own.
Single Family
� A family in which only one parent lives with the child or children
� Reasons: divorce, death, parents were never married, or a single parent adopts child.
� Half of all children today will live in a single-parent family.
extended family
� Nuclear family or single-parent family could be part of an extended family.
� Group of close relatives living together or near each other: grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins.
� Family responsibilities are shared among all family members
foster family
� An adult or couple cares for children whose biological parents are unable to care for them.
� Temporary... children return to family
� Permanent...... foster family adopts child.
blended family
� Parents divorce and remarry.
� Flexibility is the key to success
? About 7 million children under the age of 18 live in Blended Families.
other families
� Married with no kids
� Group of unrelated people live together and support and care for one another
family problems/ stressors in family
illness
finances
separation and divorce
divorce and how it affects in a family
Divorce is a legal agreement to end a marriage and separates the family.
� Structure
� Finance
� Health- emotional and physical
socialization
teaching children to behave in a way that is acceptable to the family and to society
neglect
? Neglect- adults fail to provide for the basic needs of children
� No food, security, socialization, supervision, and no love
Adult responsibilities
Adult responsibilities- Basic needs: food, shelter, clothing, health care, security, education, and love.+ Socialization ? Respect, values, and customs
children responsibilities
Education (school), chores, and activities.+ Chores and helping around the house+ Part time jobs to help with family bills +Respecting the parents +Talk to parents about rules that are satisfactory for both +Their house their rules
shared responsibilities
Household chores: dinner, trash, laundry, etc.+ Divided chores+ Take turns shopping. Laundry or cleaning the house
+Children can master skills such as cooking +Take care of elderly family members or disabled family members
runaways
? Child who leaves home without permission and stays away for at least one night.
? 2 nights for teens 15 or older