Personal, School, And Community Health Family Life Education JSS3 Physical & Health Education Lesson Note

A family is a group of people who are related by heredity or adoption.

The family is the first social group where a child is taught what is right and what his role is in society through examples. 

Types of family

1.     Nuclear family
2.     Extended family

Nuclear family: This is made up of the father mother and children.

It can be monogamous i.e. a family made up of the man, his wife, and the children. It can also be polygamous i.e. a family made up of a man, more than one wife, and the children.

Extended family: This is a process where family relations such as uncles, grandparents, and aunties, live with the nuclear family in the same house or compound.

Other forms of family are:

1.       Foster family: This is a family in which a couple or adults are acting as parents who may or may not be their relations. (Guardians)
2.   Single-parent family: This is a family in which children live with only one of their biological parents (either the father or the mother). This often occurs due to the divorce or death of one of the couples.

Role and responsibilities of family members

i.     The father:

•         He provides money for the family’s sustenance
•       He protects and defends the family
•      He ensures the proper upbringing of children
•       He trains the family on good believer through good exemplary lifestyle
•       He also over sees disciplinary activities at home
•   He ensures that unity, harmony, love and peace exist between family members.

ii.      The mother:

•         She prepares delicious meals for the family
•         She ensures meatless and cleanliness of the home
•      Trains the children how to take care of the home, watch clothes & plaits and prepare food
•     Report every act of indiscipline at home for the husband for necessary action
•         She also supports the father in meeting family needs
•       Demonstrates acceptable belief to the children through good life style

    iii.    The children:

•         Obedience to all instruction from their parents
•     Co-operating with their parents with their parents while they are being trained
•        Attend School regularly and make their parents proud all the time
•         Taking good care of the house chores
•         Be of good behavior everywhere at all tries
•         Respect and show love to everyone in the family
•      Always report important incidents which may need their parents taking immediate action
•     Seek parents’ advice and percussion when necessary.

FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION

Meaning of Family Life Education

Family life education is a concept that exposes the youths to what it entails or demands to run a family successfully when they become adults

IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION

1.                   It helps in preparing youths for adulthood
2.                   It gives them a sense of direction
3.                   Supports moral development of the child
4.                   Provides useful information about having a happy future home
5.                   Prevents a child or youth from making avoidable mistakes
6.                   It minimizes family-related social problems
7.                   It improves the quality of individual and family life

CORE MESSAGES IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION

The core messages in family life education include:

1.                   Child spacing
2.                   Family size
3.                   Gender issues
4.                   Management of resources
5.                   Family Welfare
6.                   Population size
7.                   Good adulthood and parenthood

FAMILY SIZE AND CONSEQUENCES

Family size could be small or large

1.                 Small family size
2.                 Large family size