Friday, 11 October 2013

The Family in the Caribbean


The Family

What is a Family?

A family is a group of individual who are intimately related, living under the same roof, supporting and maintaining each other socially, economically and emotionally. Within a family there may be found a conjugal pair, consisting of a husband and wife, and the consanguine family or blood relatives such as a mother and her children or a father and his children. Apart from the characteristics mention above, members of a family share the following:

 


  • Common surname
  • Resemblance (in most cases)
  • Same religious belief (in most cases)
The types of family
  • The Nuclear Family
  • The Extended Family
  • The Sibling Household
  • The Reorganized Family
  • The Single-parent Family 
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The functions of the family
  • Educational
  • Affectional
  • Cultural
  • Socialization
  • Economic
  • Reproduction

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