SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CORE SUBJECT

Family Stuctures and Legacies

Day 4 and 5

Content Standard:
The learners have an understanding of…
The impact of one’s family on his/her personal development during middle and late adolescence
Performance Standard:
The learners shall be able to….
identify the firm and affects a person’s development during middle and late adolescence
Most Essential Learning Competencies
Appraise one’s family structure and the type of care he/she gives and receives, which may help in
understanding himself/herself better.
Make a genogram and trace the certain physical, personality, or behavioral attributes through ge
Prepare a plan on how to make the family members firmer and gentler with each other

Introduction
“Blood is thicker than water.”
“Home sweet home.”
“The family that prays together stays together.”
“Honor your father and your mother.”

The FAMILY as a minature replica of society, evolves with time and circumstance. In some areas, the family
remains close-knit. But as a consequence of modern living today, familiesare forced to separate because some
parents need to work in different areas of the world. This led families to become more diverse in structure.
However, regardless of family structure, the most important thing to remember is that no matter how big or
small a family is, there is emotional security attained.

“Having someone to go is HOME,

Having someone to love is FAMILY,
Having both is a BLESSING.”
-Unknown-

Family Stuctures

Nuclear families
Implies the sharing of two generations of family members under the same roof. Family contacts
amongst kin.

Extended families
It generally consist of three or more generations living in the same household. The usual name for this
type of family is a “vertically extended group.” because the “extension” to the basic family group are inter-
generation.
Another form of extended family structure is that of the “horizontally extended family.” This involves
relations such as aunts, uncles cousins and so forth under the same roof. The “extension” to the basic family
group branch out on an intra-generational. The extended family type, therefore, usually arises in those
societies where a large group of related people living together can be of use to one another in their everyday
lives – each family members provides some kind of support to the remaining members of the family.

In agricultural society, where people are dependent upon working the land for their existence, a large group
of people can work together to do such things as care for the sick, do domestic labor, work and so forth.
In industrial societies where no support for the family provided by the state, the extended family provides a
form of mutual aid-especially in times of family crisis.

Single Parent Families

As the name implies, this family structure involves a single person plus dependent children. Although it
is more likely to involve a female parent, a significant proportion of such families involve a male parent. This
type of family is sometimes referred-to as a “broken nuclear" family, insofar as it often- but not always- arises
out of the break-up of a nuclear family:
This family structure can be attributed to four main factors:
1. An increase in the number of people divorcing;
2. The removal of most of the social stigma formerly involved in pregnancy outside marriage.
3. The death of a marriage partner
 4. The decision not to get married but yet to play the role of parents through adoption.

Reconstituted Families (Step families)

This form of family unit is one the consequences of high rates of divorce and remarriage. Stepmothers
and stepfathers head the family. This type of family is usually nuclear in form and involves parents, children of
either spouce from a first marriage and children from their present marriage.

Parenting styles
One of the best known theories of parenting style was developed by Diana Boumrind, She first
proposed that parent fall into one of three categories which include:
1. authoritarian – telling their children exactly what to do.
2. indulgent – allowing their children to do whatever they wish.
3. authoritative – providing rules and guidance without being overbearing.
4. negligent – parent disregard the children, and focusing on other interest.

Impact of Parenting Style

1. Authoritarian parenting style generally leads to children who are obedient and proficient, but they
rank lower in happiness, social competence, and self-esteem.
2. Authoritative parenting styles tend to result in children who are happy. capable and successful.
3. Permissive parenting often results in children who rank low in happiness and self-regulation. These
children are more likely to experience problems with authority and tend to perform poorly in
school.
4. Uninvolved parenting styles rank lowest across all life domains. These children tend to lack self-
control, have low self-esteem, and are less competent than their peers.

Why does parenting Style differ?

1. Culture 6. Educational level
2. Personality 7. Religion
3. Family size
4. Parental background
5. Socioeconomic status

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CORE SUBJECT

Persons and Careers
Day 6, 7 and 8

Content Standard:
The learners have an understanding of…
the concept of career development, life goals, and personal factors influencing career choices and
external factors.
His/her personal development is an important component of setting career and life goals.
Performance Standard:
The learners shall be able to….
set a personal career goal based on the results of self-assessment of various personal and external
factors.
analyze and synthesize his/her personal development as an important component of setting career
and life goals.
Most Essential Learning Competencies
Explain that understanding different factors, career development concepts, and personal life goals i
career planning and decision-making.
Identify career options based on different factors, career development concepts, and personal life goals.
Prepare a career plan based on the identified career options to attain your personal life’s goals.
Explain the factors in personal development that may guide him/her in making important career decisions
as an adolenscents
Share insights that make him/her realize the importance of personal development in making a career
decision as an adolescent
Construct a creative visualization of his/her personal development through, stressors, influences, and
decision-making points, and a personal profile analysis

Introduction
The choice of career is one of the most difficult decisions in a person’s life. Career choice is one of the
most important decisions every student in the secondary school irrespective of his class must make in
accordance with his academic pusuits. It involves a person’s procession, which include a munber of
occupation, profession, vocation or jobs one engages in during his life-time.

“Don’t pick a job with great vacation time, Pick one that doesn’t need escaping from.”
-Laws of a modern woman-

Adolescence is said to take many factors into consideration when choosing your career. Have you
considered your motivational factors in choosing your career in the future?

Motivational factors may be internal or external. The focus of this lesson is the internal factors, which are
resident in the individual. They include the person’s characteristics, intellectual and psychological factors,
individual exposure to the world of work, and gender stereotypes.

Physical Characteristics
an individual’s health is a factor that matters in career choice. How healthy a person is, physically and
mentally will determine the career or job he goes for.

Intellectual factors
Intelligence which refers to the mental ability of an individual is also very important. A person’s
intelligence quotient is considerable in career choice.

Aptitude
This refers to the special ability within a person that helps him perform well in a given area of study. In
a nutshell, the individual has to consider his fitness and readiness to do a job before making career choice.

Interest
an individual’s preference in a particular occupation as against the other is the vocation interest.
However, it has been found that men in particular occupation have characteristics, set of likes and dislikes
which differentiate them from men in other occupation.

Need and Values

The worth an individual attatches to something refers to as values. Worth here includes respect,
money and status. People are commited to some occupation because they lack something which as of present
will help them gain job satisfaction.

Self-concept
This refers to the way an individual perceives of himself, how he/she evaluate him/her. Individuals select
carrers that they perceive as falling in line with their self-concept.

Personality Factors
Generally, people choose vocations to reflect their personality traits. Introvert usually find themselves
choosing careers that are not people-oriented while extrovert select careers that enable them to work with
people.

Career Pathways

External factors are those that influence the choice of career from the environment or social order. They
include the influence of parents, friends, teacher, guidance counsellors, lecturer, salary package, condition of
service. employ of skills as well as accident or chance factors.

Parental Influence
the career of the parents are also seen as inspirationfor the children, hence, the young adult would
sometimes choose the same path as their parents.

Peer Influence
People of the same age as the adolescent can also influence one’s career choice. Peers influence each
other to choose the same subject and schedule in the school or choose the course in the same university.

Influence of Teacher
They may have influence on them as regard to vocational choice. More so, the teachers who play an
important rolein the student’s choice of career can as well influence the student to make wise or wrong
decision.
Salary package and condition of service
Economic considerstion also matters to most people when it comes to career choice.

Employment prospect
Another important consideration in the choice of career is whether there are good employment
prospects for a particular career or profession.

Mass media
some people today have chosen careers based on what they come across in the print or electronic media
even if the job is not aligned to one’s course. advertisements through the internet could reasonably influence
someone into certain career.

Have you ever written a draft of your goals in life? do you have an idea of the route that you will take in
the future?

There will be several factors that can influence you in choosing your career – some of them may serve as
your guide but some of them might hinder you to get and be what you really want to be.
To help you identify your goals, you have to be SMART
HOW TO BE SMART
Specific Ask yourself, “What am I going to do? Why is this important to do at this time? What do I want
to ultimately accomplish? How am I going to do it?”
Measurable Ask yourself, “How will I know that I have reached my goal?”
Attainable Ask yourself, “Can I see myself achieving this goal? Can I break it down into manageable
pieces?”
Realistic Ask Yourself, “Is your goal difficult to reach? Too easy?”
Time-bound Ask yourself, “What is my target date for reaching my goal?”

Insights Into One’s Personal Development

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are, you’ll fall into someone else’s plan.
And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
-Jim Rohn-

No one would ever prefer to be a loser. Yet, because of various reasons. some continue to lead their lives as a
lover. What is a loser? A person with a negative view of himself/herself is a loser. This of course, is quite
stressful for it makes one constantly apprehensive. It also has been found that poor self-regard has an effect
on the success or failure that a person will have in his job.

STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING ONESELF

1. Take responsibility for your own growth
2. Have a optimistic view in life
3. Recognize your potentials and accomplishments and accept your weaknesses and limitation
4. Learn to prioritize things and set attainable goals
5. Enter into meaningful relationships
6. Deepen your concern for others
7. grow in your prayer life
8. Lead a virtuous life

References:
Personal Development By Ma. Theresa M. Cruz and Eugene B. Cruz II
Personal Development DIWA Publishing by Myreen P. Cleofe
Personal Development: A Work text for Senio High School by Glenda D. Libed, PH.D.
Jerwin s. Borres