Family

#FoodForThought

❓1. What is family? How do you define a family? 

❓2. How large is your family? How many siblings do you have? What are they like? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a nuclear family?

❓3. Do you get along well with your family members? 

❓4. What is your role in your family? Are you a parent? How proud of you are your parents? 

❓5. How did you get your name? How did you name your child/children? How will you choose the name of the child you might have in the future? 

❓6. Do you think the unit of family is breaking up in the modern world? Why? 

❓7. What are some advantages and disadvantages of moving out? How possible is it to live independently in your culture? 

❓8. What family forms are you familiar with? 

❓9. How did your parents meet? Who’s the oldest relative you remember? What do you remember about them?

❓10. Explain how you felt the day your first child was born.

#Repository

🌀Extended family: a family unit which includes grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts and uncles, etc. in addition to parents and children:

Their extended family includes a grandmother and widowed aunt.

🌀Family circle: your family circle are your close relatives:

I began to feel unmistakably out of place in that pleasant family circle.

🌀Family man: a man who has a wife and children, or who enjoys spending a lot of time with them:

He was a loving and dedicated family man, described by his eldest daughter Rebecca, as her hero.

🌀Nuclear family: a family consisting of two parents and their children, but not including aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.:

Nearly four percent of children less than 18 years live in a traditional nuclear family.

🌀Sibling: a brother or sister: 

I have four siblings: three brothers and a sister.

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❇️ Family:

🔰Adjectives: 

Big, large, entire, whole, close, close-knit, happy, loving, supportive, dysfunctional, nuclear, average, immediate, extended, single-parent, adoptive, military, working class, middle class, low-income, middle-income, old, powerful, prominent, affluent, landowning, rich, wealthy, well-to-do, poor, homeless, human

🔅e.g.:

We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises.

The movie is a portrait of a dysfunctional family.

We've only told the immediate family.

It was difficult to maintain contact with members of his extended family.

They help find emotionally damaged children placements with adoptive families.

She grew up in a military family.

🔰Verbs:

Belong to, be one of, be part of, come from, marry into, run in, be in, have, start, bring up, raise, feed, support

🔅e.g.:

He belonged to an aristocratic family.

We all knew her so well that we felt she was almost part of the family.

Many of our students come from poor families.

She married into a wealthy family.

This painting has been in our family for generations.

I always wanted to have a large family.

They got married last year and plan to start a family soon.

It's a struggle to bring up a family on a low income.

It is difficult for them to earn enough to feed their families.

🔰Nouns:

Background, history, tradition, connections, relationships, ties, group, member, commitments, size, man

🔅e.g.:

Do you know anything about her family background?

In 1941 he carried on the family tradition and enlisted in the army.

They prefer to stay in their home country because of family ties.

The job wouldn't really fit in with my family commitments.

Average family size has decreased since the 19th century.

A good family man, completely devotes to his wife and kids.

🔰Preposition:

In a/the family, within a/the family

🔅e.g.:

These problems occur in all families.

Politics is among the issues which create conflict within the family.

🔰Phrases:

Family and friends, a member of a family

🔅e.g.:

The support of family and friends is vital.

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❇️ Children:

🔰Adjectives: 

Large, small, young, new-born, naughty, calm, successful

🔅e.g.:

Malnutrition is a major issue among young children. 

🔰Verbs:

Have, bring up, raise, feed, support

🔅e.g.:

My parents had their first child when they were in their early 20s. 

They brought up five children during war.

Even in recession, they have to work in order to support and feed his children.