Week 13 Family and Marriages
Week 13 Family and Marriages
Week 13 Family and Marriages
• The word ‘Family’ has been derived from Latin word, ‘Famulus’ which me
ans a servant.
• Burgess and Locke defined family as “a group of persons united by ties o
f marriage, blood or adoption constituting a single household interacting an
d intercommunicating with each other in their respective roles of husband
and wife, father and mother, son and daughter, brother and sister, creating
a common culture”.
Unit 12.2
Marriage and family in Theoretical perspectives