1 Family – An introduction

• Family definition and Family types

•Family function and family culture
•Factors affecting and parenting styles,
stages and impact towards children
development
 Family Definition
• One or more than one individual
Olsen&D • Committed to each other
efrain • Share affection, resources, decisions and
(1994) values

• Blood relation, marriage or adoption

Babolz & • Need each other – share goals, resources
Sontag and commitment for long term
(1993)
• Basic unit of society and important of socioeconomic
• Changes in society – change the role and functions of family
• Provide natural framework for emotion, financial and material
Alvi (1994) support
• Educates, trains, motivates and invests – members’ future
development
 Healthy development
• Developmental level • Love and
and individual
care
differences
Sup-
play port
Expec-
tation Appre
and
limita- -ciate
tion • Protec-
• Clear, realistic and
interactive tion and
safety
 Continues
Physical protection,
constructive
safety and rule
interaction

Experiences – Experiences –
recognise suitable –
differences development level

Appropriate limitation,
predictable structure Cultural
and reasonable continuation
expectation
 Types of Family
Nuclear
Family

Single parent Extended

family Family

Grand
Step family
Family

Second Adopted
family family
 Family Function
Protection Recreational
procreation
function function

Children Education
function affection
socialisation

Economic Status and Providing

function position common home
Family Culture – strong and good
family
emotion

respect resposibile
 Family culture
Unique and
Influence and
Historical birth position
transformation
experience

Experiencing Contemporary
culture by daily variation / modern
life family

Rules on Young parents

Life practices individual and changes in
behaviour women roles
Parents involvement in cultural
continuation
Father relationship
with his parents

Working
environment flexible

Mothers prevent
Interaction
father
with children
involvement

Supports
Father age
by mother
Family Changes : impact the system,
process and family function
Today Past
Today Past Neighbour- Family
hood based provides
Dual Mother on economic protection
cares and function
income and safety
nurtures
Religious in
intitutions Religious tasks
Purchased Family
at home
provides
necessities necessities Community
provides Family plan
Profession, Status carries recreational recreational
promotion, activities activtiies
by family
social name
Family
opportunities Family provides
provides love
material needs
Factors affecting changes in family shape

Change in Increased
Reduced
family working
family size
structure mothers

Late Migration
marriages to cities

Increases Social
divorce rate changes
Parenting stage :Galinsky (1987)

Image
Nurturance authority
making

Interde- Interpre-
departure
pendence tative
Parenting Styles (Tassoni & Beith, 2000)

• High hopes, control and limit children

Authoritarian behaviour
Style • Not always explain rules

• Allow to make choices and perform

Permissive responsibilities without control
Style • “he/she will learn from his/her mistake’

Autoritative • Spent time with children, explains rules

• Listen to children problems and knows
Style what could and could not be done
Impact of Parenting Styles

Behaviour/
discipline

Diets and Openness

lifestyle Thinking

Career Language
and and verbal
ambiition style