What is family study?
Family study is a discipline that focus on family, the challenges
that face and how to help them to meet this challenges and improve the quality
of life.
There are three domains:
1.
Parenting
wellbeing: the satisfaction of being a parents.
2.
Family
relationship: intimacy, communication, boundaries, provision, etc.
3.
Child
wellbeing: personal growth and development,
·
Family
Wellbeing or satisfaction is the interaction of all these three domains and strongly
bonded.
What is the unique aspect of Indian family?
Key issues in relation to Indian Family:
1.
Collectivism
vs. individualism:
a.
Collectivism: Collective can be define as a way of life where in the emphasis is
on interdependence among the family members and the priority in such groups is
on family goals and values over individual.
b. Individualism: Emphasis on self-reliance independents, autonomy and personal
achievement.
(M.S.
Gore and Tulsi Patel- Family counselor)
2.
The
Triangulation:
A
two person system may be stable as long as it is come, but when anxiety
increases is immediately involves the most vulnerable other person to become
triangle.
3.
Parenting a
mixture dyads:
A
dyads is a two person system husband and wife, siblings or any other
combination.
RITUALS:
Wolin Dennet defines
rituals as “Ritual remind us that
communication can be symbolic, that form gives meaning, that reputation
promotes learning and the past embedded in the present”
Eg: Teaching a children a symbolic gesture.
Rituals can be divided into three aspect:
1.
Family Celebration:
They are culturally condition, religious, culture, ethnic holidays comes under
this aspect.
eg-
Family learning and teaching takes place simultaneously.
a.
Religious
politics
b.
Cultural politics
2.
Family
Tradition:
a.
Are less
cultural but more unique to families.
b.
They include
aspect like- summer vacation, visit to and fro extended family members,
anniversary and birthday customs.
c.
By adherence to
a specific tradition the family makes a statement about their identity and
values.
3.
Routines:
a.
Are most
frequently enacted but least conscious planned
b.
They improved
actions at meal times bad routines for children and every day greetings
c.
Family routine
strengthen the family function.
Five function of Rituals
1.
Rituals makes
change manageable
2.
Ritual
facilitates the transmission of value and belief. Ex. Prayer before meal.
3.
Rituals
contributed to family identity
4.
Rituals
provides support and containment for strong emotion
5.
Ritual assured
us for continuity
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