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FUNCTIONS OF THE FAMILY AND KIN GROUPS
12 MAIN FUNCTIONS IN THE FAMILY
1. Sexual Regulation - through marriage, sexual intercourse sanctioned by society
- important drive in human beings having the potential of disrupting relationship groups
- guided by the social norms
2. Biological Reproduction - all societies need to reproduce their members; this particular task is done by the family.
- vital for the movement of one generation to the next
3. Organization of Production and Consumption
- correlation between society’s economics system and family structures
- also for survival; food, clothes, shelter, and warmth
- family member work for money in order to buy their necessities
4. Socializing Children
- providing an appropriate social context for the children in the family
- training ground for children to become a full pledged member of the society
- teaching the children norms, value and behaviour
5. Providing Emotional Intimacy and Support
- provide sense of security, belongingness and personal worth
6. Providing Care and Attention - for emotions support when other member of the family are in conflict with other
- regarded as the reference group
7. Providing Social Status
- ascribed statuses are inherited from the family – “family back ground” – most important social factor affecting the predictable course of our lives.
8. Providing Mechanism for Social Control
- maintenance of describe behaviour among member of the family
- conformity for what is right or wrong
- protecting the family name
9. Individual’s first and foremost school
- parents are the first and foremost teachers
- basic values and learned
10. Providing Maintenance of Order
- means of communication, established types of intensity of interaction, pattern of attention and affection, and sexual expression
- conformity to group norms
11. Providing Placement of Members in the large society
- protect members from any undesirable outside influence
12. Maintaining motivation and morale
- rewards are given for achievement
WHAT IS KINSHIP?
There are two basic kinds of kinship ties:
1. Those based on blood that trace descent
2. Those based on marriage, adoption, or other connections
TYPES OF KINSHIP
1. Consanguineal relatives: people on both sides of family related to you by blood or by birth. This is the most basic and universal type of kinship. Also known as a primary kinship, it involves people who are directly related.
2. Affinal relatives: people who are related to you through marriage. The relationship between husband and wife is also considered a basic form of kinship.
12 MAIN FUNCTIONS IN THE FAMILY
1. Sexual Regulation - through marriage, sexual intercourse sanctioned by society
- important drive in human beings having the potential of disrupting relationship groups
- guided by the social norms
2. Biological Reproduction - all societies need to reproduce their members; this particular task is done by the family.
- vital for the movement of one generation to the next
3. Organization of Production and Consumption
- correlation between society’s economics system and family structures
- also for survival; food, clothes, shelter, and warmth
- family member work for money in order to buy their necessities
4. Socializing Children
- providing an appropriate social context for the children in the family
- training ground for children to become a full pledged member of the society
- teaching the children norms, value and behaviour
5. Providing Emotional Intimacy and Support
- provide sense of security, belongingness and personal worth
6. Providing Care and Attention - for emotions support when other member of the family are in conflict with other
- regarded as the reference group
7. Providing Social Status
- ascribed statuses are inherited from the family – “family back ground” – most important social factor affecting the predictable course of our lives.
8. Providing Mechanism for Social Control
- maintenance of describe behaviour among member of the family
- conformity for what is right or wrong
- protecting the family name
9. Individual’s first and foremost school
- parents are the first and foremost teachers
- basic values and learned
10. Providing Maintenance of Order
- means of communication, established types of intensity of interaction, pattern of attention and affection, and sexual expression
- conformity to group norms
11. Providing Placement of Members in the large society
- protect members from any undesirable outside influence
12. Maintaining motivation and morale
- rewards are given for achievement
WHAT IS KINSHIP?
There are two basic kinds of kinship ties:
1. Those based on blood that trace descent
2. Those based on marriage, adoption, or other connections
TYPES OF KINSHIP
1. Consanguineal relatives: people on both sides of family related to you by blood or by birth. This is the most basic and universal type of kinship. Also known as a primary kinship, it involves people who are directly related.
2. Affinal relatives: people who are related to you through marriage. The relationship between husband and wife is also considered a basic form of kinship.