EDPR7111 2014 Presentation Slides for C
THE FAMILY: CONTEXTS FOR
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
ADELOWO THOMAS-OLUFUWA
EDPR 7111 FALL 2014
CLASS PRESENTATION
THE FAMILY
• Definition of the family
• In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by birth, marriage, or co-residence/shared consumption.
Members of the immediate family may include a spouse, parent, brother and sister, and son and daughter. Members of the extended family may include grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, nephew and niece, or in-laws.
• In most societies the family is the principal institution for the socialization of children and duly recognized as the basic unit for raising children.
• Family organization is classified as matrifocal (a mother and her children), conjugal or nuclear (a husband, his wife, and children),and extended family (parents and children coreside with other members of one parent's family).
Ruturaj Baber
THE FAMILY
Ruturaj Baber
THE FAMILY
Definition of the family contd.
Family can also be defined within the concept of the family systems theory.
• For instance, Dr. Murry Bowen (1950s) introduced a transformational theory, called Family Systems Theory, wherein, families are conceptualized as SYSTEMS of interconnected and interdependent individuals.
• Likewise, Parke & Buriel (2006) and other researchers posited that the very term “family system” implies a network of interdependent relationships and that these systems influences operate both directly and indirectly.
THE FAMILY
Definition of the family contd.
• The family is seen as a structure of related parts or subsystems. Each action or change affects every other person in the family.
• The family structure has elements that can only be seen in its interactions. Individual make up a family system. This family system is a complex whole that cannot be understood by examining members separately.
THE FAMILY
The Family as a Social System:
The social systems perspective on family functioning grew out of researcher’s efforts to describe and explain the
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
ADELOWO THOMAS-OLUFUWA
EDPR 7111 FALL 2014
CLASS PRESENTATION
THE FAMILY
• Definition of the family
• In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by birth, marriage, or co-residence/shared consumption.
Members of the immediate family may include a spouse, parent, brother and sister, and son and daughter. Members of the extended family may include grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, nephew and niece, or in-laws.
• In most societies the family is the principal institution for the socialization of children and duly recognized as the basic unit for raising children.
• Family organization is classified as matrifocal (a mother and her children), conjugal or nuclear (a husband, his wife, and children),and extended family (parents and children coreside with other members of one parent's family).
Ruturaj Baber
THE FAMILY
Ruturaj Baber
THE FAMILY
Definition of the family contd.
Family can also be defined within the concept of the family systems theory.
• For instance, Dr. Murry Bowen (1950s) introduced a transformational theory, called Family Systems Theory, wherein, families are conceptualized as SYSTEMS of interconnected and interdependent individuals.
• Likewise, Parke & Buriel (2006) and other researchers posited that the very term “family system” implies a network of interdependent relationships and that these systems influences operate both directly and indirectly.
THE FAMILY
Definition of the family contd.
• The family is seen as a structure of related parts or subsystems. Each action or change affects every other person in the family.
• The family structure has elements that can only be seen in its interactions. Individual make up a family system. This family system is a complex whole that cannot be understood by examining members separately.
THE FAMILY
The Family as a Social System:
The social systems perspective on family functioning grew out of researcher’s efforts to describe and explain the