Description should include
- caregiving across the lifespan
- child rearing and socialization (i.e., parenting behaviors and practices)
- the four parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved)
- provision of a sense of culture
- support of financial needs
- intellectual, social, moral, physical, spiritual, and emotional development.
Process/Skill Questions:
Thinking
- How does your family decide who takes care of household responsibilities?
- What factors influence the ability of a family to meet the needs of individual family members?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of each parenting style in terms of child development?
Communication
- What happens when family members fail to communicate with one another?
- How might technology help you manage your time, energy, resources, or relationships?
Leadership
- What is the effect on the family when a member neglects his or her responsibility?
- How does stress affect family dynamics?
Management
- How can an individual’s management skills enhance the family?
- How can the family’s management skills affect an individual?