Filipino Family Today Family definition Structure

1. FAMILY
“Means different things to
different people”

2. FAMILY
 A group of persons united by ties of marriage, blood
or adoption; constituting a single household; interacting
and communicating with each other in their respective
social roles of husband and wife, mother and father,
son and daughter, brother and sister; and creating and
maintaining a common culture.
- Burgess and Locke

3. FAMILY
Family members need not be bound by
legal marriage or by blood or adoption.
- Lamanna and Riedman

4. HOUSEHOLD
 A group of persons living under one roof and sharing
the same kitchen and housekeeping arrangements.
 Not relayed by marriage, blood or adoption
 Not engaged in the performance of familial roles
 Example: boarding house

5. CLASSIFICATIONS:
Based on internal organization or
membership, families may be classified into two:
• Nuclear Family
• Extended Family

6. NUCLEAR FAMILY
Consists typically of a married man and woman with
their offspring. (Murdock)
 Primary unit of all types of families and is considered
the basic building block in family structures
 Classified into two types:
• Family of orientation
• Family of procreation

7. NUCLEAR FAMILY
 Family of Orientation
• Consists of the individual, his parent and all his
siblings
• The family where the individual was born and reared
 Family of Procreation
• Consists of the individual, his spouse, and all his
children.
• The family which the individual was established by
his marriage.

8. NUCLEAR FAMILY
 Compound or composite families
• When nuclear families are combined in various ways to
form larger familial groupings
 Polygamous family
• Combination of nuclear families through the extension
of the husband-wife bond as a result of plural
marriages
• Consists of a person and all his or her families of
procreation

9. EXTENDED FAMILY
When a number of nuclear families are linked
together by virtue of the kinship bond between
parents and children and/or between siblings.
Kinship bond makes the extended family
continuous generation after generation,

10. 3 MAIN POINTS OF
INTERACTION
Husband-Wife Relations
• Conjugal Bond- internal sense of obligation and
privilege, respect, affection or sexual attraction
existing in the mind and heart of each spouse.
• Social Pressure- community expects the husband
and wife to be loving and faithful to each other
and to have a lasting and permanent marriage.
• Economic Cooperation

11. 3 MAIN POINTS OF
INTERACTION
Parent-Child Relations
• Strong Filial Bond between parent and the children
• Role of Parents- loving, caring and protective
• Role of Children- love, respect and obey
• Economic Cooperation
Sibling Relations
• Mutual love, protection and respect

12. FILIPINO FAMILY
TODAY

13. FILIPINO FAMILY TODAY
Global and Urban Migration
Changing Role of Women
Political Instability
Violence
Power of Media

14. GLOBAL AND URBAN
MIGRATION
Increase in the number of Overseas Filipino Workers
“Seasonal Orphans”
Increase in urban migration (Metro Manila, Metro
Cebu, Metro Davao)
Families have become smaller (nuclear)

15. CHANGING ROLE OF
WOMEN
“Househusbands”
More women OFWs
Parenting from a distance
Youth are increasingly parented by television
(McCann-Erickson Youth Study)

16. POLITICAL INSTABILITY
Instability  Insecurity  ANXIETY
“God, my family and myself”
Related to this political crisis is the moral
degradation in society
Role “MODELS” of Adults in High positions

17. VIOLENCE
 Violence in the family takes many forms, some of which
are so subtle that we are not even aware that they are
happening.
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Subtle putdown to favouritism
Minor insult to verbal abuse
Labelling to bullying
Intimidation in the family to parental fights

18. POWER OF MEDIA
Television
• News
• Teleseryes
Computer games
Use of Internet