De la Salle college_Thessaloniki Greece E' Class_2011-2012 e-Twinning program "Book about our way of life" "Family in Greece"

1. Family

2. Family - root of the word
The Greek word for family “oikogenia” is a compound
word formed from the union of “oikos” (meaning
home, household) and “genos” (meaning genus).

3. Family - Definitions
Common definitions of the word “family” are:
 a “primary social whole” or a “small multifunctional social group” in
which the members participate with direct and personal
relationships and are affiliated by strong emotional bonds
 a social institution, a stable network of social relationships and roles
with the most important goals of biological and social reproduction
 a whole of relatives by blood or by affinity who live together. In this
sense, the term family is sometimes substituted by the terms
“household” or “home group”.

4. Family - Types of
contemporary families
 the traditional nuclear family (parents and children)
 the extended family (parents and children who cohabitate with other
members of one parent's family)
 one – parent family (one parent and the children)
 reconstituted family (parents bring their children from previous
relationships in their current family)
 “limping” families (when the members of the nuclear family can't
live together against their will)

5. Family - Institution
The family is a social institution.
The institution of the family is significant and it changes parallel
to the changes in the wider society.
In our contemporary society, the pace of life is becoming faster
and social obstacles are constantly increasing. This is why the
family is becoming even more valuable for its members. It
sometimes functions as a kind of protector and in other
instances it promotes the family members towards the wider
social group.

6. Family - Role
The family is the basic unit of organised social cohabitation.
The important role, which has been assigned to the family is not
recent. The main purpose of a family is reproduction. For ages now,
parents are dedicated to the upbringing of their children. As a result,
certain rules of upbringing have been created. These are based on
long experience rather than science or pedagogies.

7. Family - Function
A few basic functional principles carried out by the family are the
following:
1.Reproduction
2.Formation of the appropriate environmental conditions for the
upbringing of a child
3.Teaching of the mother tongue and civilization, and giving the
necessary education
4.Socialization of the children so as to have a smooth transition in
society

8. Family
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Athena
Celia
Fotis
Polichronis