Family Structure and Legacies

Family Structure and Legacies

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It is the basic unit of society.

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It is the customary type of family structure.

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It includes one parent raising one or more children.

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It consists of 2 or more adults who are related, either by blood or marriage, living in the same home.

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It consists of 2 separate families merging into one new unit.

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It consists of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren for a variety of reasons.

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It consists of a couple who adopts and takes a new baby home.

Ways how a family cares for each other:

• Learning

• Loyalty

• Love

• Laughter

• Leadership

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It is a useful tool to gather information about a young person’s family.

How to make a genogram:

• Gather the needed information such as names of all persons to be included in your genogram, including the birth order and gender of each child in each family, marital status of couples, and any other pertinent information.

• Use standardized symbols.

• Marital relationships are shown by connecting lines that go down and across between the partners.

• Vertical lines are drawn below marriage lines for the children of the marriage, with the oldest child on the left and the youngest child on the right.

How to make a genogram:

2. Use standardized symbols:

• Use squares to represent males, and circles for females.

• Use double lines around the square or circle to indicate yourself, the index person.

• Names, dates for birth and/or death should be written above or below the symbol.

• Place an X inside the figures of those who are deceased.

Special circumstances:

• Diverging lines connect twins to parents.

• Miscarriages are noted with a small filled-in circle.

• Dotted lines connect adopted children.

• Pregnancies are illustrated by a triangle.

Qualities that improve family members relationships:

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It is when members of strong families are devoted to the well-being and happiness of the other members.

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It is when members of strong families show and talk about their appreciation for one another.

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It is when members of strong families work at developing good communication skills and spend a lot of time talking with each other.

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It is when strong families spend time, quality time in large quantities with each other.

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It is when strong families have a sense of a greater good or power in life, and that belief gives them strength and purpose.

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It is when members of strong families are able to analyze stress or crisis as an opportunity to grow and learn.