NURS 3400 Chapter 11: Chapter 11
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A family is who they say they are (a family can be anything) Family: 2 or more individuals who depend on one another for emotional, physical, and economical support. The members of a family are self defined. Must accept separation from family, and financial responsibility for themselves. Increasing flexibility of family boundaries to permit children"s independence and grandparent"s fragilities. Establishment of self in respect to work and financial independence. Establishment of self in community of larger society. Realignment of relationships with extended family, friends, and the larger community. Adjustment of the couple system to the children. Collaboration in child rearing, financial and housekeeping tasks. Realignment of relationships with community and larger social system to include new family structures and relationships. Shifting of parent/child relationships to permit adolescents to move in and out of the system. Realignment with community and larger social system to include shifting family of emerging adolescent and parents in new formation patterns of relating.