Family Nursing Practice
What assumptions are commonly made about the following variations in family forms: i) a married couple who has chosen not to have children; ii) common-law couple with children at home; iii) single-parent family headed by a divorced woman; iv) a lesbian or gay couple wanting to adopt a child. Which assumptions are valid and which can be problematic?
Look through your local newspapers, magazines, or check out the latest movies and television shows that people you know are watching. How does media depict family? What forms of family are most apparent? What messages are most commonly portrayed about the experiences these families are having?
Ask some of your friends and co-workers to tell you what ‘family’ means to them. Share their perspectives with the class. Are they different from what you have read about families? Do their definitions correspond with how family is defined in this era?
Family Nursing Practice
What assumptions are commonly made about the following variations in family forms: i) a married couple who has chosen not to have children; ii) common-law couple with children at home; iii) single-parent family headed by a divorced woman; iv) a lesbian or gay couple wanting to adopt a child. Which assumptions are valid and which can be problematic?
Look through your local newspapers, magazines, or check out the latest movies and television shows that people you know are watching. How does media depict family? What forms of family are most apparent? What messages are most commonly portrayed about the experiences these families are having?
Ask some of your friends and co-workers to tell you what ‘family’ means to them. Share their perspectives with the class. Are they different from what you have read about families? Do their definitions correspond with how family is defined in this era? Use APA referencing style.