wk 5 final

Week 4 assignment 2

Shauna Deville

ECE 405

Instructor Lara

October 28, 2013

Edwards, O.J (2009). The Many Kinds of Family Structure in Our Communities. NAEYC. Retrieved from http://www.scoe.org/files/ccpc-family-structures.pdf

Several people in the United States picture a good childhood as one that is rooted in the traditional nuclear family. Despite the developing lifestyle and the ever-changing personal mobility, which characterizes modern society, a family remains the central element of a modern life. According to several people, families offer security, companionship, also as a determination of protection against the uncaring world. Over the decades, family structure and the society has undergone changes with different types of families emerging. This article examines the all the different types of family structures and its inherent dynamics. A nuclear family is the first article common in our diverse family structure. This type of family structure is traditionally thought of a parent and the sibling arrangement. This traditional family extends to the extended family structure, which consists of the grandparents, cousins, uncles, and aunts. Unlike the nuclear family, this kind of family structure does not have a strong bond in the nuclear family since they all do not leave under the same roof.

Single parenthood is another example of a family structure that the article describes where it can have either a father or another who is responsible in raising a child either adopted or born. Single parenthood can be circumstantial or by choice, or where at one time one parent is there or not at all. The article also describes a blended family, which consist of members from different members from two or more families. For example, step Dad, step Mum, and having variety of terms for the various family members. Sometimes it is hard to maintain a family with several members since there will always be conflicts, favors, and other petty things among the members. Some of the other example of the diverse family structure the article highlights includes trans-racial adoptive family, co-custody family, foster family, gay and lesbian family, and transnational family.

This resource offers guidelines of how parent teachers and people involved with children can be build an environment that will suit different children from different background and families. This article can give educators and the school administration on how they can build an environment that would incorporate and respect student’s families. Family involvement in their student’s life brings improved teaching through generating a positive attitude among teachers and upraising teacher’s self-esteem. The article gives example of how children from different families are supposed to be treated to ensure they have a swift since each family offers different cultural based behaviors for raising their children. The author’s involvement in other article writing such as “Anti-bias Education for Children and Ourselves” gives the credibility of using this article.

In my opinion, I believe the article is useful. By presenting, the different examples of the diverse family structure, leaves me thinking on the different issues that those kinds of families they face in the everyday life also how we as a community can do to make their life easier in relating with other people. The article gives examples and opinions, behaviors, and the reaction of different children in any family structure. It offers opinions on how parents, guardians, and the society should treat children of different family structure especially when they are in school.