PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Family Therapy, Structural Functionalism, Nuclear Family
28 Nov 2016
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Variety of legal defs exists but often change as result of court cases and legislation. Stats canada (census family): married couple with children, common law couple with children, single parent with child. Children"s aid society of toronto: anyone with a meaningful relationship to a child. Government regulations determine family services such as immigration, medical benefits, bereavement leave, penitentiary visits. Common law spouses, single parents, same sex couples all considered families under various laws. A family consisting of a husband wife and children. Often called the standard north american family forms basis for what advocates call traditional family values. Family of orientation: family that we are born into and raised in. Family of procreation: family formed through marriage or cohabitation. In case of conflict, a family member might not be considered as belonging. A family whose members though not related by blood or marriage, call themselves family.
