Personal Development

Quarter 2 – Module 7: Family Structures and Legacies

Lesson 1 Family Structures and Legacies

What is It

Family defined
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 Structures

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.

Table 1. Family Structures

Family Definition Example

Structure
Nuclear Family It is also known as “conjugal” or Mother, father, and
“traditional” family, consisting of children
married couples and their
offspring.
Extended This type of family includes all A family living
Family relatives in proximity, such as together with mother,
grandparents, aunts, uncles, and father, children,
cousins. These relatives typically grandparents, aunts,
live together, and all share daily uncles, and other
household duties. relatives in one roof
Single Parent This family type includes one Father with his
Family parent and their children only. A children or a mother
single parent family could be the with her children
result of a divorce, the death of living in one
one parent, or even a single household
parent adoption.
Step Family A family where the parents have Mother, children,
divorced and remarried, bringing stepfather, and his
 children from other unions kids
together to form a new nuclear Father, children,
family. stepmother, and her
It is also known as “blended” kids
family because two families were
combined.
Foster Family A family includes parent who Parents, children,
serves as a temporary guardian foster child
for one or more children to
whom they may or may not be
biologically related.
Adopted/ A family wherein parents may Parents (mother and
Adopt ive adopt a child to whom they father), adopted child
Family share no blood relationship, or
one parent may adopt the child
of the other parent.
Bi-racial or A family wherein parents are Filipina
Multi-racial from different races mother,
Family American
father,
children
Trans-racial A family wherein parents American parents,
Adoptive adopted a child with a different adopted Filipino
Family race children
Conditionally A family wherein one of the A family living
Separated family members is conditionally together except for
Family separated from the others. This the father working
separation may be due to their abroad or a family
job or employment or could be living together
due to hospitalization. except for the eldest
child serving in the
military
Childless Married couple without children Mother and father
Family only
Gay or A family wherein one or both A lesbian mother and
Lesbian parents have a different sexual her children with a
Family orientation and part of the LGBT gay father
community
Migrant It is a family who settles A family who
Family together in a different place; it migrated from a
could be from one place to place because the
another due to some father is a military
circumstances such as the officer
father’s job.
Immigrant A family wherein one or both Santos family whose
 Family parents are already an mom is already an
immigrant of other country. immigrant of Canada
Their children may be or may -- their mother is
not be an immigrant. 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”.
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.
The Emotional Legacy
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

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.

What’s More
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.

What I Have Learned

Direction: Identify the term/s being described by the statement. Fill each blank
with the correct answer

1. is the basic unit of the society.

2. Family comes from the “familia”.
3. There are different family structures, and one of them is
Nuclear family which is also known as family.
4. family consists of father, mother, children, grandparents,
aunts, uncle, and other family relatives living together in one
household.
5. Step families are also known as family, because two families
are brought together.
6. Single parent family is a family wherein a single parent is
responsible of taking care of members of the family; this could
either be because of divorced or .
7. Foster family parent who serves as a guardian for
one or more children to whom they may or may not be
biologically related with.
8. Bi-racial or multi-racial family is a family wherein parents are
from different
 .
9. Adoptive family is a family wherein parents may a child to
whom they share no blood relationship, or one parent may
adopt the child of the other parent.
10. Conditionally separated family is a family where one of the
family members is conditionally separated from the others.
This separation may be due to their or could
be due to hospitalization.
11. A family wherein one or both parents has a
different sexual orientation.
12. A family consists of only married couple.
13. A transracial family is a family where parents adopt a child
from a different
.
14. It is migrant family which together on different place. It could
be from one place to another due to some circumstances.
15. A/an family is a family where one or both parents are already
an immigrant of other country.
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