Family Assessment
Family Assessment a) Family form
A definition of family: “A family is two or more persons who are joined together by bonds of sharing and emotional closeness and who identify themselves as being part of a family.” Friedman (1997)
The Jordan’s are a nuclear family. The family members include husband, wife and three children. Dad is forty four years old, Mom is forty one years old and the three boys are seven, nine and eleven. The children are all in school, the parents help the seven year old who is in second grade with his homework. While I was visiting, the youngest child was working on a book report. He was asking several questions of his Mom during the interview. The boy was very well-mannered and said “excuse me” before asking for help. The nine and eleven year old boys are quite independent with all their school work. When they have a bible reading schedule related to their worship, they read together as a family. b) Patterns of Interaction/Communication
The wife does all the domestic duties with the help of the oldest child. This family are Jehovah’s Witnessess and culturally, the husband is the bread winner of the house and should work hard to provide for the entire family. The wife should take care of all the house work. Jehovah’s Witnessess believe the wife should not work. The Mothers job is to make sure the entire family’s needs are met. This includes caring for her children emotionally, physically and psychologically. Like the Bowen’s Family Systems Theory, the family is seen as an emotional unit. I did observe Mrs. Jordan as a very compassionate, concerned and emotional mother. She was very serious when talking about her children; she felt strongly that the boys should be able to come to her with any issues, good or bad.
Mrs. Jordan is also responsible for the family budget and finances. When asked “Who has the power and authority in our family?” Mrs. Jordan replied, “The Bible, Jehovah’s Word has the power in our
A definition of family: “A family is two or more persons who are joined together by bonds of sharing and emotional closeness and who identify themselves as being part of a family.” Friedman (1997)
The Jordan’s are a nuclear family. The family members include husband, wife and three children. Dad is forty four years old, Mom is forty one years old and the three boys are seven, nine and eleven. The children are all in school, the parents help the seven year old who is in second grade with his homework. While I was visiting, the youngest child was working on a book report. He was asking several questions of his Mom during the interview. The boy was very well-mannered and said “excuse me” before asking for help. The nine and eleven year old boys are quite independent with all their school work. When they have a bible reading schedule related to their worship, they read together as a family. b) Patterns of Interaction/Communication
The wife does all the domestic duties with the help of the oldest child. This family are Jehovah’s Witnessess and culturally, the husband is the bread winner of the house and should work hard to provide for the entire family. The wife should take care of all the house work. Jehovah’s Witnessess believe the wife should not work. The Mothers job is to make sure the entire family’s needs are met. This includes caring for her children emotionally, physically and psychologically. Like the Bowen’s Family Systems Theory, the family is seen as an emotional unit. I did observe Mrs. Jordan as a very compassionate, concerned and emotional mother. She was very serious when talking about her children; she felt strongly that the boys should be able to come to her with any issues, good or bad.
Mrs. Jordan is also responsible for the family budget and finances. When asked “Who has the power and authority in our family?” Mrs. Jordan replied, “The Bible, Jehovah’s Word has the power in our