RAISNG HEALTHY FAMILIES IN CANADA

Earliest Form of the Family

Hunter-gatherer families

Anthropology

The study of human behaviour in societies, including culture, arts, beliefs, habits, and institutions

Cultural Anthropology

The study of living societies through direct observation to identify cultural patterns

Sociology

The social science that explains behaviour of individuals within groups, families, and society

Sociologists

Researchers who examine social facts and social sources of behaviour to explain patterns and rates of behaviour

Psychology

The study of behaviour based on mental processes, focusing on how individuals think

Historical Purpose of Marriage

Originally economic, including managing households, property control, and labor; marriage was an economic necessity

Modern Purpose of Marriage

Procreation, identity, economics, cohabitation, love, and companionship

Trends of Young Adults Today

Living independently later, staying at home longer, marrying later (average over 30), delayed independence

Concerns of Young Adults

Economic stability, delayed independence, housing, and long-term security

Hunter-Gatherer Families

Families based on hunting and gathering for survival

Agricultural Families

Families centered around farming where all members contributed to labor

Pre-Industrial Families

Families where work and home life overlapped and children worked at a young age

Urban Industrial Families

Families shaped by factory work, urban living, and wage labor

Contemporary Canadian Families

Diverse family forms influenced by modern social and economic factors

Murstein’s Filter Theory

A theory suggesting dating screens partners through filters to select similar and compatible individuals

Propinquity Filter

The filter suggesting people date others who live close to them

Homogamy

Dating or marrying someone with similar cultural and ethnic values

Sandwich Generation

Adults, typically aged 40–60, caring for both children and aging parents

Role of Children in Pre-Industrial Families

Children were an economic necessity and worked by ages 7–8

Reason for Adolescence Stage

The creation of adolescence reduced child labor by separating puberty from employment

Daniel Levinson

Theory of the Seasons of Life

Erik Erikson

Eight Stages of Life

Leonard Pearlin

Theory of Psychological Distress

Jane Loevinger

Theory of Ego Development

Klaus Riegel

Interpretation of Development Theory

Same-Sex Family

Two people of the same sex living together, with or without children

Nuclear Family

Two parents and their dependent children living in one household

Blended Family

A family formed when divorced parents with children remarry

Single-Parent Family

One parent raising one or more children

Extended Family

A family structure including relatives beyond parents and children, often living together

The nuclear family places emphasis on….

Traditional values