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FAMILY

FAMILY. Family Variations. "Nuclear" families composed of two parents and their one or more biological or adopted children, living together – when the nuclear family was led by a male wage earner, it was the conventional family of the 1950s, although now it is only one of many types of family.

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FAMILY

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  1. FAMILY

  2. Family Variations • "Nuclear" families composed of two parents and their one or more biological or adopted children, living together – when the nuclear family was led by a male wage earner, it was the conventional family of the 1950s, although now it is only one of many types of family. • "Extended" families composed of parents, children, aunts, uncles, grandparents and other blood relations living together, or not. • "Blended" or "recombined" or "reconstituted" families composed of parents who have divorced their first spouses, remarried someone else and formed a new family that includes children from one or both first marriages, and/or from the re-marriage.

  3. Family Variations continued… • "Childless" families consisting of a couple. • "Lone-parent" families composed of a parent, most often a mother, with a child or children. • "Cohabiting couples," and "common law marriages" family arrangements that resemble other forms, but without legalized marriage. • “Same-sex parents” - Gay and Lesbian Parents OECTA Grade 12 Religionresourceshttp://www.vifamily.ca/cft/strength/strength.htm

  4. Six Elements of a strong Family • Commitment • Appreciation • Communication • Time • Spiritual wellness • Coping ability

  5. Family as “domestic church” • One • each person is singular and distinct • family is committed to each other • Holy • relationship with God is nourished • faith is celebrated • Catholic • “universal” focus to family • promotes common good • Apostolic • keeps alive work of Christ • parents pass along the faith to their children

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