Ability of the family to maintain wellness prevent control or resolve problems in order to achieve health and well being among its members
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Answer:Basic unit in society, and is shaped by all forces surround it.
Values, beliefs, and customs of society influence the role and function of the family (invades every aspect of the life of the family)
Is a unit of interacting persons bound by ties of blood, marriage or adoption.
Constitute a single household, interacts with each other in their respective familial roles and create and maintain a common culture.
An open and developing system of interacting personalities with structure and process enacted in relationships among the individual members regulated by resources and stressors and existing within the larger community (Smith & Maurer, 1995)
Two or more people who live in the same household (usually), share a common emotional bond, and perform certain interrelated social tasks (Spradly & Allender, 1996)
An organization or social institution with continuity (past, present, and future). In which there are certain behaviors in common that affect each other.
The Filipino Family
Based on the Philippine Constitution, Family Code with focus on religious, legal, and cultural aspects of the definition of family.
Section 1
The state recognizes the Filipino family as the foundation of the nation. Accordingly, it shall strengthen its solidarity and actively promote its total development
Section 2
Marriage, as an inviolable social institution, is the foundation of family and shall be protected by the state.
Section 3
The state shall defend –
the right of spouses to found a family in accordance with their religious convictions and the demands of responsible parenthood
the right of children to assistance including proper care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation and other conditions prejudicial to their development
the right of the family to a family living wage income
the right of families or family associations to participate in the planning and implementation of policies and programs of that affect them
Section 4
The family has the duty to care for its elderly members but the state may also do so through just programs of social security