PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

FAMILY
STRUCTU
 FAMILY
“Family structure” is a term that describes the members of a

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household who are linked by
marriage or bloodline and is typically used in reference to at least
one child residing in the home under
the age of 18.

RE
Today these structures are identified as two‐parent, one‐parent, and
“living with neither
parent” (e.g., adoptive families, grandparent families or other
relatives, foster care families,
institutionalized children).
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• The traditional family structure is considered a family

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support system which involves two married
individuals providing care and stability for their
biological offspring.

• However, this two-parent, nuclear family has become

less prevalent, and alternative family forms have
become more common. The family is created at birth
and establishes ties across generations.

• Those generations, the extended family of aunts,

uncles, grandparents, and cousins, can all hold
significant emotional and economic roles for the
nuclear family.
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY NUCLEAR FAMILY

A family unit consisting of at most a

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father, mother and dependent children. It
is considered the “traditional” family.
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY EXTENDED FAMILY

A family consisting of parents and

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children, along with either grandparents,
grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins
etc. In some circumstances, the
extended family comes
to live either with or in place of a
member of the nuclear family.
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY STEP FAMILIES:

Two families brought together due to

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divorce, separation, and remarriage.
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY SINGLE PARENT FAMILY:

This can be either a father or a mother

who is singly responsible for the

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raising of a child. The child can be by
birth or adoption. They may be a single
parent by choice or
by life circumstances. The other parent
may have been part of the family at one
time or not at all.
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY ADOPTIVE FAMILY:

A family where one or more of the

children has been adopted. Any structure

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of family may also be an adoptive family.
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OF FAMILY
BI-RACIAL OR MULTI-RACIAL FAMILY:

A family where one or more of the

children has been adopted. Any A family

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where the parents are members of
different racial
identity groups.
of family may also be an adoptive family.
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY
TRANS-RACIAL ADOPTIVE FAMILY:

A family where the adopted child is of a

different racial identity

STRUCTURE group than the parents.

DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY BLENDED FAMILY:

A family that consists of members from

two (or more) previous families.

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DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY FOSTER FAMILY

A family where one or more of the

children is legally a temporary member

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household. This “temporary” period may
be as short as a few days or as long as
the child’s entire childhood.
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY GAY OR LESBIAN FAMILY

A family where one or both of the

parents’ sexual orientation is gay or

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lesbian. This may be a two-parent family,
an adoptive family, a single parent family
or an
extended family.
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY IMMIGRANT FAMILY

A family where the parents have

immigrated to another country as adults.

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Their children may or may not be
immigrants. Some family members may
continue to live in the
country of origin, but still be significant
figures in the life of the child.
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY IMMIGRANT FAMILY

A family where the parents have

immigrated to another country as adults.

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Their children may or may not be
immigrants. Some family members may
continue to live in the
country of origin, but still be significant
figures in the life of the child.
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY MIGRANT FAMILY

A family that moves regularly to places

where they have employment. The

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most common form of migrant family is
farm workers who move with the crop
seasons.
Children may have a relatively stable
community of people who move at the
same time - or the
family may know no one in each new
setting.
DIFFERENT KINDS
OF FAMILY MILITARY FAMILY

May also lead a migrant life, with

frequent relocation, often on short

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PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

FAMILY
LEGACY
 FAMILY
No matter whom we are, where we live, or what

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our goals may be, we all have one thing in
common: a heritage.
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
 THE
In order to prosper, our children need an

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enduring sense of security and stability
nurtured in an environment of safety and love.
Sadly, many of us struggle to overcome a
negative emotional legacy that hinders our
ability to cope with the inevitable struggles of

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life. But imagine yourself giving warm family
memories to your child. You 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.
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1.Provides a safe environment in which deep

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emotional roots can grow.
2.Fosters confidence through stability.
3.Conveys a tone of trusting support.
4.Nurtures a strong sense of positive identity.
5. Creates a “resting place” for the soul

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6. Demonstrates unconditional love.
 THE SOCIAL
To really succeed in life, our children need to

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learn more than management techniques,
accounting, reading, writing and geometry.
They 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.
Eventually they must learn to relate to co-
workers and many other types of people such
as salespeople, bankers, mechanics and
bosses.
KEY BUILDING
BLOCKS OF
• Respect, beginning with themselves
and working out to other people. 

CHILDREN'S
Responsibility, fostered by respect for
themselves, that is cultivated by
assigning children duties within the
family, making them accountable for

SOCIAL LEGACY
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
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• The Spiritual Legacy is overlooked by many,

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but that's a mistake. As spiritual beings, we
adopt attitudes and beliefs about spiritual
matters from one source or another. As
parents, we need to take the initiative and
present our faith to our children.

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• 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.
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• The same principle applies to spiritual matters.

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Parents are primary in spiritual upbringing, not
secondary. This is especially true when
considering that children, particularly young
children, perceive God the way they perceive
their parents. If their parents are loving,

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affirming, forgiving and yet strong in what they
believe, children will think of God that way. He
is someone who cares, who is principled and
who loves them above all else.
THANK
YOU
VERY