Unit 1- All in the Family

1. Unit 1- All in the Family Chapter 1 & 2

2. Agenda • Contact sheet • Textbook scavenger hunt • Chapter syllabus • What is a family? Our definition • Notes from pgs. 2-8 • What is a family? The Vanier Institute definition • “Your Family” handout • H/W • read pgs. 9-22 • Key terms on pg.2, notes on pgs.7&8 Next class: - Diagnostic test for unit 1

3. Our Definition of “Family” • Take about 5 minutes in groups of 4 or 5 to come up with a working definition of what you think the word “family” means. • Consider your own family and what we see in our everyday lives • It should be detailed but not too specific that it discriminates or excludes

4. Unit 1 Chapter 1, pg 2-8 notes

5. Connecting Individuals, Families and Society • In all societies, individuals live in families • When you mature, you will probably leave your family, form a new family and raise children • Cycle of human life (remained for tens of thousands of years)

6. Thus, to understand families in a diverse society such as Canada’s, it is necessary also to understand individuals

7. The functions of a family • Individuals are motivated to carry out these functions due to their membership in a smaller group of people, such as a family or household, with whom they agree to co-operate in order to survive

8. In turn, societies support individuals and families as they carry out these functions through such institutions as government, education, and health care

9. Defining Family • Definitions are used to determine who qualifies for the benefits of families, such as eligibility of dental care • Its effective if you can use it to differentiate between families and other groups

10. Individuals define families based on their own personal experiences and expectations of what family means to them. • Consider the following chart

11. -pg.5 new I&F1.What is this chart about? Explain2. How would you answer the questions? Are they similar or different to the chart?Compare the 18-34 year olds to the 55+, why might they vary?

12. Definition of familyin the social sciences • _____________– universal functions of the family • _____________ – behaviours don’t effect definition of family like anthropologists

13. A working definition of family • Sociologist Anne-Marie Ambert argues that a definition of family should not be so broad that it does not allow for identification of the family • She states, “the family is a social group, an institution, and an intergenerational group of individuals related to each other by blood, adoption or marriage/cohabitation” (pg 7 new I&F)

14. By defining family as an institution, she is implying that families are groups that have a set behaviours they are expected to perform

15. Vanier Institute of the Family defines family as: (broader definition) • ...any combination of two or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth and/or adoption or placement and who, together, assume responsibilities for variant combinations of some of the following: • Physical maintenance and care of group members • Addition of new members through procreation or adoption • Socialization of children • Social control of members • Production, consumption, distribution of goods and services, and • Affective nurturance — love • Pg.6 I&F

16. Read pgs. 7&8 and take your own notes on “the functions of the family…in detail.

17. * Take note of all the definitions for “family” you have heard and seen. Consider the complexity... We are all individuals, yet we are also part of different households, we have different histories, experiences and expectations... So let us keep this complexity in mind throughout the course as we dive into ourselves, our families and our society...

18. ...pretty deep, huh? (Don’t you worry, there will be moments of seriousness but I will try my best to balance it with some humour!)