Faamily Structure and Legasies

FAMILY
STRUCTURE
AND LEGACIES
Personal development
FAMILY
 Family comes from the Latin word familia which means group of
people living in the household. Family could be related by blood, by
birth, or by other relationship.
 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
STRUCTURE
Family structures differ from
one family to another, that is
why we should not compare
our family with that of others.
The following table lists the
different family structures.
Definition Example
Family
Structur
e
Nuclear It is also known as “conjugal” or Mother, father, and
Family “traditional” family, consisting of married children
couples and their offspring.
Extended This type of family includes all relatives in A family living together
Family proximity, such as grandparents, aunts, with mother, father,
uncles, and cousins. These relatives children, grandparents,
typically live together, and all share daily aunts, uncles, and other
household duties. relatives in one roof
Single Father with his children or a

This family type includes one parent and
Parent mother with her children
their children only. A single parent family
Family living in one household
could be the result of a divorce, the death
of one parent, or even a
single parent adoption.
Step Family Mother, children,
. A family where the parents have
stepfather, and his kids
divorced and remarried, bringing
children from other unions together to Father, children,
form a new nuclear family. stepmother, and her
It is also known as “blended” family
kids
because two families were combined.
Foster Family A family includes parent who serves as a Parents, children, foster child
temporary guardian for one or more children
to whom they may or may not be biologically
related.
Adopted/Adopt ive A family wherein parents may adopt a child to Parents (mother and father),
Family whom they share no blood relationship, or adopted child
one parent may adopt the child of the other
parent.
Bi-racial or A family wherein parents are from different Filipina mother, American
Multi-racial races father, children
Family
Trans-racial A family wherein parents adopted a child with American parents, adopted
Adoptive a different race Filipino children
Family
Conditionally
A family living together
Separated A family wherein one of the family
members is conditionally separated from except for the father
Family working abroad or a family
the others. This separation may be due to
their job or employment or could be due to living together except for
hospitalization. the eldest child serving in
the military
Childless Family Married couple without children Mother and father only
Gay or Lesbian A family wherein one or both parents have a A lesbian mother and her
Family different sexual children with a gay father
orientation and part of the LGBT community
Migrant Family It is a family who settles together in a A family who migrated from a
different place; it could be from one place to place because the father is a
another due to some circumstances such as military officer
the father’s job.
Immigrant A family wherein one or both parents are Santos family whose mom is
Family already an immigrant of other country. Their already an immigrant of
children may be or may not be an immigrant. Canada -- their mother is
already a Canadian citizen but
the rest of the family
members are not.
FAMILY
 The most important people in the lives of young children are their
parents. From birth, children depend on their mothers and fathers.
There are also people that act parent roles in caring and protecting
children’s overall well-being. They are known as “guardians”.
 While parents are filled with expectation about their children’s
personalities, many also lack knowledge on how to provide the best
for them. Becoming a parent is usually a welcomed
event, but in some cases, parents are worried with problems
regarding their ability to ensure their child’s physical, emotional,
or economic well-being.
 Parents utilize resources which they think guarantee positive
experiences for their children.
 Each of us have legacies passed from our ancestors, from generation
to generation such as culture, traditions, and customs. No matter
who we are, where we live, we have one thing in common—heritage.
 This heritage is transferred to us by our parents
whether good or bad. This heritage is
also called legacy, which could be passed to us
socially, emotionally or spiritually.
 Transferring positive legacy to children is a delicate
and important task of adults in the family. It helps
dictate the future progress and development of a
child.
 It is important to remember that passing on a
spiritual, emotional, and social legacy is a process,
not an event. If parents do not intentionally pass a
legacy consistent to their beliefs, culture will pass
along its own, often leading to a negative end.
Parents are responsible on the process; God is
responsible for the product.
THE EMOTIONAL LEGACY
In order to prosper, children need an enduring sense
of security and stability nurtured in an environment
of safety and love.
Unfortunately, many people struggle to overcome a
negative emotional legacy that hinder their ability to
cope with the inevitable struggles of life. This is
where a family’s important role takes its place. A
family can create an atmosphere that provides a
child’s fragile spirit with the nourishment and
support needed for healthy emotional growth. It will
require time and consistency to develop a sense of
emotional wholeness, but the rewards are great.
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
QUESTIONS TO PONDER:
1. Which characteristics or emotional
legacy did your parents pass on to you?
2. Which characteristics would you like

to build into the legacy that you may
pass to your future children?
THE SOCIAL LEGACY
 To really succeed in life, children need to learn more than management
strategies, accounting, reading, writing, and geometry. They need to learn the
art of relating to people--the art of socialization. If they learn how to relate well
to others, they will have advantage in living life.
 Children need to gain the insights and social skills necessary to cultivate healthy
and stable relationships. As children mature, they must learn to relate to family
members, teachers, peers, friends, and community. Eventually, they must learn
to relate to coworkers and many other types of people in their surroundings.
 Nowhere can appropriate social interaction and relationships be demonstrated
more effectively than in the home. At home, children can learn lessons about
respect, courtesy, love, and involvement. Parents play a key role in modelling
and passing 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
 The Spiritual Legacy is the least in priority, but that is a
mistake. As spiritual beings, we adopt attitudes and beliefs
about spiritual matters from one person or another. Parents
need to take the initiative and present faith to their children.
 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. The church is there to support parents in
raising their children but it cannot do the raising; only parents
can. Parents are primary in spiritual upbringing. Children,
perceive God the way they perceive their parents. If parents
are loving, affirming, forgiving and yet strong in what they
believe, children will think of God that way.
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.
(SOURCE: Your Heritage, by J. Otis Ledbetter and Kurt Bruner.)

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 provides a safe environment in which deep emotional

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