Ely Christopher S.

Nera

1. In your thinking, what qualities must prevail in every family to make it a real
contributory factor to nation building?
- A family should know how to follow laws promulgated by the government. Each
member of the family should not engage on petty crimes such as drug
addiction/pushing, robbery, and other illegal acts. Paying taxes is also an economic
obligation that a family should be aware of.
2. How can the family be viewed as a system? Explain how it functions as a system. Show
the interrelationships of its components.
- As a natural social structure, the family unit functions out of the complexity of its
own set of processes, problems and properties. Similar to other operational systems,
the family unit is structured in a way that doesn't allow any of its members to
function completely on his own. As a result of this, each member of the unit
influences and affects every other part of his social network like any other social
system.
3. How does the family influence the development of the personality of every individual
member? Discuss your answer.
- All the proper values should start at home. Whatever a child sees on the acts of the
adults seemed to be "what should be" when not properly guided. Adults too should
learn on the actions of their children on some manner in order for them to provide
better ways of bringing up their children. The development of a personality of a child
is very crucial for there is no one to blame when a child grew up irresponsible but
only their family.
4. How would you characterize family?
- We are a middle class family. We tend to manage to spend less and to spend more
rationally. Technically, we have close ties with one another and as well as to our
grandparents and relatives.
5. Differentiate extended from nuclear family.
- Extended family is composed of two or more primary family which has economic
and social relationships. On the other hand, nuclear family is composed only of a
father, a mother, and children.
6. Give the difference between conjugal and consanguineal families.
- Conjugal family is relating to marriage or the relationship between husband and wife. On
the other hand, consanguineal family is more concerned about the relatives.
7. How do the newly wed couple usually decide on their residence? Discuss the leading
factors for the choice.
 - They usually decide if where they will be living close to – whether to the patrilocal or
matrilocal. Factors of choice may include financial stability, relationship status, and
environmental conditions.
8. Illustrate how the family performs the following functions:
a) Biological reproduction
o The parents will decide beforehand about bearing a child. This is usually
being planned in order to have manageable system.
b) Sexual gratification
c) Socialization
d) Providing social control
e) Maintaining motivation and morale
9. Discuss how the art of parenting may be undertaken more effectively in order to
produce the kind of children expected in your society.
- Parenting is an active process that demands that individuals use their skills and
knowledge plan, give birth, raise, and provide for children. The parenting process
includes protecting, nourishing, and guiding the child. Thus, interaction between the
parent and the child should be strengthen through the life span in order to produce
a good promising citizen of the society.
10. In the Philippines, how is kinship system developed? Explain how kinship by rituals is
performed.
- Philippine kinship uses the Generational system to define family. Within common
typologies, the Philippine system is one of the most simple classificatory systems of
kinship compared to the complex U.S. kinship system. The literal genetic
relationship, or whether the person being addressed is in the actual bloodline or not,
is often overridden by the desire to show proper respect that is due in the Philippine
culture to age and the nature of the relationship, which are considered more
important.
11. Discuss the role played by the compadre and compadrazgo system in the development
of kinship system.
- The relationship between the parents and godparents or the compadre and compadrazgo
of a child is an important bond. They share the parenting role of the baptized child with the
natural parents.
12. Discuss the main factor contributing to the changing role of the present Filipino
community.
13. Why is there a decline in the authority of the husband and the wife in the family?
Enumerate the leading factors contributing to this decline.
14. Discuss the influence of media in the formation of values among children.
 - Television can be a powerful entertainment and education tool for children given the right
programming. However, studies have shown that television, and media in general, can also
have a very negative influence. Some studies indicate it can shorten attention span, distort
body image, work in conjunction with other factors to escalate obesity, create fear, and
increase aggressive and anti-social behaviors if exposure is unmonitored and unlimited.
15. How does the socio-economic status of the family affect its marital roles?
16. How does the woman’s liberation movement affect the changing marital roles in the
Filipino family?
17. What causes the close ties among members of the Filipino family? How is this affected
by socio-economic insecurities?
- Compared to other countries in the world, family ties among Filipinos are the closest
and strongest. Children are allowed to stay beyond legally adult age until they marry
and have their own families. In such cases, the children contribute to the upkeep of
the family and do not depend totally on their parents. The elderly are not
abandoned, but cared for even until death. Those busy with gainful activities in their
businesses or as employees who may not have much time to care for the former can
find the necessary upkeep for them.
18. In an essay form, discuss the greatest influence you think you have derived from your
own family.
19. With the use of a family graph, discuss the relationships existing between you and other
members of your family. Use circles to represent family members with the color that
best describes each member. The distances between you and other members will have
meanings.