FAMILY STRUCTURES

& LEGACIES
MODULE 7
 FAMILY DEFINED
as defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary, is the basic unit of society. It
is composed of individuals living together in one household either
connected by marriage, blood, or by legal arrangement
comes from the Latin word familia which means group of people living in
the household
Family is the basic unit of society. It is the smallest organization in the
community. It is said to be a group of individual living together in one
household.
Family comes in different forms. It could vary from one family to another.
It is usually composed of mother, father and children; some other
includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives.
TYPES OF FAMILY
STRUCTURES
Nuclear Family
 It is also known as “conjugal” or
“traditional” family, consisting of
married couples and their offspring.

 Example: Mother, father, and

children
 Extended
Family
- This type of family includes all relatives in
proximity, such as grandparents, aunts,
uncles, and cousins. These relatives
typically live together, and all share daily
household duties.

- Example: A family living together with

mother, father, children, grandparents,
aunts, uncles, and other relatives in one roof
 Single Parent
•
Family
This family type includes one parent
and their children only. A single parent
family could be the result of a divorce,
the death of one parent, or even a
single parent adoption.
• Example: Father with his children or a
mother with her children living in one
household
 Step Family

 A family where the parents Example: Mother,

have divorced and remarried,
bringing children from other children, stepfather,
unions together to form a new and his kids
nuclear family.
Father, children,
 It is also known as “blended” stepmother, and her
family because two families
were combined. kids
 Foster Family

A family includes
parent who serves as Example:
a temporary guardian Parents,
for one or more children, foster
children to whom they
may or may not be child
biologically related.
 Adopted/Adoptive Family
- A family wherein parents may
adopt a child to whom they
share no blood relationship,
or one parent may adopt the
child of the other parent.

- Example: Parents (mother

and father), adopted child
Bi-racial or Multi-racial Family

A family wherein parents are

from different races
Example: Filipina
mother, American
father, children
  A family wherein parents
adopted a child with a
different race
Trans-racial
Adoptive  American parents,
Family adopted Filipino children
 Conditionally Separated Family

A family wherein one of the family

members is conditionally separated from
the others. This separation may be due to
their job or employment or could be due
to hospitalization

Example: A family living together except

for the father working abroad or a family
living together except for the eldest child
serving in the military
 Childless Family

 Married couple
without children
 Example: Mother
and father only
 Gay or Lesbian Family

A family wherein one or both parents

have a different sexual orientation and
part of the LGBT community

Example: A lesbian mother and her

children with a gay father
 Migrant Family
 It is a family who settles
together in a different place;
it could be from one place
to another due to some
circumstances such as the
father’s job.
 Example: A family who
migrated from a place
because the father is a
military officer
Immigrant Family
Example: Santos
A family wherein one family whose mom
or both parents are is already an
already an immigrant of
immigrant of other Canada -- their
mother is already a
country. Their Canadian citizen
children may be or but the rest of the
may not be an family members
immigrant. are not.
Family Legacies
 No matter who we are, where we live, or
what our goals may be, we all have one
thing in common: A HERITAGE/LEGACY. That is,
a social, emotional and spiritual legacy
passed on from
parent to child. Every one of us is passed a
heritage, lives out a heritage, and gives a
heritage to our family. It's not an option.
Parents always pass to their children a
legacy …
good, bad or some of both.
 Types of legacies

The
The Social The Spiritual
Emotional Legacy Legacy
Legacy
 The Emotional Legacy

“We might forget that when we

This legacy focuses on the leave this planet our emotional
abstract virtues and principles legacy lives on, both positively and

that are necessary for a child to

negatively. We have a choice in the
emotional legacy we leave. If we
grow into a productive and well- understand that our words and
rounded citizen. Giving a child a behaviors define who we are, we
might be less impulsive reacting
sense of safety and security with stinging words and actions.”
while being brought in in a place
It’s simple and yet so complex. The
of love and affirmation will make Lubavitcher Rebbe said, “Think
them prosper . good, do good, and it will be good.”
 A strong emotional legacy:
• provides a safe environment in which
deep emotional roots can grow
• fosters confidence through stability
• conveys a tone of trusting support
• nurtures a strong sense of positive
identity
• creates a “resting place” for the soul
• demonstrates unconditional love
 The Social
Legacy
- The need to learn the fine art of
relating to people. If they learn how to relate
well to others, they'll have an edge in the
game
of life.
- In order to prosper, our children need to
gain the insights and social skills necessary
to cultivate healthy, stable relationships. As
children mature, they must learn to relate to
family members, teachers, peers and
friends.
 Nowhere can appropriate social interaction and
relationships be demonstrated more effectively
than in the home.
 At home you learned — and your children will learn
— lessons about respect, courtesy, love and
involvement.
 Our modeling as parents plays a key role in
passing on a strong social legacy.
Key building blocks of children’s social legacy
include:
• respect, beginning with themselves and working out to other people
• responsibility, fostered by respect for themselves, that is cultivated by
assigning children duties within the family, making them accountable for
their actions, and giving them room to make wrong choices once in a
while
• unconditional love and acceptance by their parents, combined with
conditional acceptance when the parents discipline for bad behavior or
actions
• the setting of social boundaries concerning how to relate to God,
authority, peers, the environment and siblings
• rules that are given within a loving relationship
The Spiritual Legacy

 Parents who successfully

pass along a spiritual legacy
to their children model and
reinforce the unseen realities
of the godly life. We must
recognize that passing a
spiritual legacy means more
than encouraging our
children to attend church, as
important as that is.
Here are five things you do that predict whether your
children will receive the spiritual legacy a Christian
parent desires. Do you:
1. Acknowledge and reinforce spiritual realities? Do your
children know, for example, that Jesus loves everyone? That
God is personal, loving and will forgive us?
2. View God as a personal, caring being who is to be loved and
respected?
3. Make spiritual activities a routine part of life?
4. Clarify timeless truth — what is right and wrong?
5. Incorporate spiritual principles into everyday living?
The following are some situations that
describe a family. On the blank provided,
write what structure of family is indicated.
 George and Mirriam were already married for 17
years. Their eldest is ten years old named Nathan
and their youngest is seven years old named
Hannah. They are living in Palawan together with
their witty dog, Bantay. While the couple are
working, George’s father, Lolo Berting is the one
who fetches the two kids at school; while Lola
Pasing does the household chores and the cooking.
Since Nathan was born, both Lolo Berting and Lola
Pasing lived together with George’s family to assist
the couple in parenting Hannah and Nathan.
Lita was twelve years old when she knew that she was
adopted. Mr. Benjamin and Mrs. Linda had three kids and
all of them were boys. Since the couple wanted to have a
baby girl, they decided to adopt because they were too old
to have another baby. It was Lina’s birthday when the
couple talked to her and told her the truth. Lina
wholeheartedly accepted the truth and embraced Mr. and
Mrs. Santos. Lina’s biological parents died on a car
accident, that is why the couple adopted Lina.
Major Mark Delos Reyes of the Philippine
Army was assigned in the province of
Tuguegarao. In the call of duty and
service, Maj. Delos Reyes and his wife
decided that the whole family will transfer
to Tuguegarao where the former was
assigned. The next day, they packed all
their things and left their home.
 Joyce is fifth among the 13 children of Mr. and Mrs.
Aquino. She was sixteen years. old and will be a
grade 11 student next year. Because of poverty, her
parents cannot support her studies anymore. Her
father is a farmer and he is the only one who
provides for their living. Her aunt was living in Manila
and offered her father to support Joyce’s study until
she finishes her college. A condition was given to
them, though. Joyce will have to stay in Manila and
will live with her aunt Tessie and her family.