IV FAMILY AND RESPONSIBLE PLANNED PARENTHOOD OVERVIEW :

In every society norms define a variety of relationships among people, and some of these relationships are socially recognized as family or kinship ties. The member of a family often times together or at least near each other. The family is the oldest and most universal institution established on earth. It is the basic social institution cherished and protected by the state. The family is the basic social institution that provides support, love and affection to its members. The family stands at the center of social life linking the individual to the different social institutions.

MEANING OF FAMILY
The family has been defined in so many ways. Here are some : A family is a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction. The family as a socially sanctioned, relatively permanent grouping of people who are united by blood, marriage or adoption and who generally live together and cooperate economically. Family life tends to be cooperative; the family is a most important primary group in which members share economic resources and day to day responsibilities.

CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY
1. It is composed of people united by ties of marriage, blood or adoption 2. The member of a family usually live together under one roof and they constitute a single housekeeping unit 3. The family members are associated with one another with specific social roles 4. It maintains a culture

FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY
1. It provides for the continuity of mankind through reproduction which is a prerequisite for the survival of a society 2. It regulates sexual behavior 3. It provides the necessary care, training and protection of every member 4. It is responsible for socializing the child 5. It provides the means by which an individuals social status is initially fixed 6. It is an important mechanism for social control 7. The family performs the function of biological maintenance 8. It has an educational function 9. It has religious function 10. It has political function

IMPORTANCE OF THE FAMILY

1. The strong or weak mental and physical aspects of the organism inherited from the parents can be developed in the family

2. In the family, the child learns the meaning of social responsibility and the necessity for cooperation 3. The family is transmitter of culture 4. It serves as a model for the establishment of another family

CLASSIFICATIONS OF FAMILY
1. According to Organization: a. Conjugal Family this is composed of husband and wife. This is exemplified by a newlywed couples with no children b. Nuclear Family consist of husband, wife and their dependent children c. Extended Family this is composed of two or more nuclear family related to each other economically and socially 2. According to Place of Residence a. Neolocal this occurs when norms of residence require that a newlywed couple take up residence away from their parents b. Patrilocal this occurs when norms of residence require a newlywed couple to take up residence with the husbands kin 3. According to Descent a. Patrilineal this is a family that traces its ancestry from the paternal or fathers side b. Matrilineal this is a family that traces its roots from the maternal or mothers side c. Bilineal - this is a family that traces its ancestry from both the paternal and maternal side 4. According to Authority a. Patriarchal with this type of family, authority is solely exercised by the father b. Matriarchal in this type, the members live together under the authority of the mother c. Egalitarian this occurs when spouses jointly share in decision making, control of family resources and child rearing 5. According to Form of Marriage a. Monogamy marriage in which there is only one wife and one husband b. Polygamy any form of marriage in which a person may have more than one spouse at a time c. Polyandry a form of marriage in which one woman may have more than one husband at a time d. Polygyny a form of marriage in which a man may have more than one wife at a time

COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE OVERVIEW:

The formation of a family and a change in its composition signals a major event in the personal life course of an individual.

MEANINGS OF COURTSHIP
Courtship as all forms of behavior by which one seeks to win the consent of another for marriage. Courtship is the stage preparatory to marriage. Courtship is a process of trial and error undertaken by individuals to find out who best fulfill their love requirements.

STAGES OF COURTSHIP
1. Dating in this stage, man and woman are provided the opportunity for friendly relations. 2. Going Steady the term going steady refers to the practice of dating one person exclusively, although it does not necessarily imply the prospect of marriage. 3. Private Understanding this takes place usually during the period of going steady where a man openly declares his love and affection for the woman and his desire to have her for a wife. 4. Engagement the process of falling in love develops first in private understanding and later, culminates in public announcement.

MARRIAGE
Marriage is defined as a formal and durable sexual union of man and woman, which is conducted within a set of designated rights and duties. Marriage is a concomitant factor of the family. Marriage is both a contract and a status.

REQUISITES FOR MARRIAGE

1. Legal capacity of the contracting parties 2. Consent of the contracting parties 3. Valid marriage license

DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
1. Annulment it is process by which marriage is considered null and void due to defective marriage that has existed on or before the marriage. 2. Divorce it is a complete dissolution of marriage wherein both parties can marry again. 3. Legal Separation it is only separation from bed and board and that parties remain married.

GROUNDS FOR ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE

1. Lack of parental consent 2. Insanity of one of the parties 3. Fraud 4. Force, intimidation or undue influence 5. Impotency

6. Affliction of sexually transmissible disease found to be serious and which appears incurable

GROUNDS FOR LEGAL SEPARATION

1. Repeated physical violence or grossly abusive conduct 2. Physical violence or moral pressure to compel the petitioner to change religion or political affiliation 3. Attempt to corrupt petitioner or child to engage in prostitution 4. Final judgment sentencing respondent to more than six years of imprisonment 5. Drug addiction or habitual alcoholism 6. Lesbianism or homosexuality 7. Contracting by one spouse of another marriage 8. Sexual infidelity or perversion 9. Attempt by one spouse against the life of the other 10. Abandonment of one spouse by the other for more than one year

PROBLEMS OF THE FILIPINO FAMILY

1. Immaturity, inadequate preparation for family life and personality incompatibility. This problem is caused by early marriage. 2. Economic instability. Average Filipino family earns income, which is below the poverty line. 3. Movements of the Filipino family to the city. Due to poor income and lack of job opportunities in the province, the family moves to the city thinking that life would be easier and comfortable for them. 4. The querida system. Maintaining a mistress is now common among the Filipinos 5. Increase in the number of working mothers 6. Inadequacy of leisure time activities 7. Unhealthy and unsanitary living condition 8. Large number of children

RESPONSIBLE PLANNED PARENTHOOD OVERVIEW:

The rapid growth of population in the country will lead to over population in the near future. This will surely affect the governments program of economic recovery.The disadvantageous age distribution is economically burdensome as it increases the demands and pressures on the government budgets for education,health,housing and other services as well as expenditures on subsistence.In addition,all the other aspects of national life shall also be affected including the environmental consequences of population growth.

MEANING OF FAMILY PLANNING

Family Planning has been defined as the rational, voluntary, and moral management of all the processes of family life including human reproduction.Experts define it as the process by which responsible couples determine by themselves the timing, spacing, and number of children born to them.Family planning has also been referred to as the totality of human efforts to achieve human dignity, economic stability, health and happiness, and promote welfare through: 1. birth regulation and spacing of children by the use of accepted scientific methods 2. treatment for infertility 3. family life and sex education 4. pre marital guidance and marriage counseling 5. pre natal and post natal care

FAMILY PLANNING AND BIRTH CONTROL

Family planning aims to prevent pregnancy through the use of various methods of contraception,abortion not included; while birth control aims to prevent live births, abortion being the major method.In Japan, abortion has been legalized and birth control is the sdopted program to adjust its population to desirable levels. It seeks to prevent the creation of life by presenting obstacles to conception.Abortion is killing life after it has begun to grow; hence, not only the Catholic Church regards it as immoral but also by other religions.

METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION
1. Safety the method should be free from harmful side effects both for person using the method and for the sexual partner. 2. Effectiveness it must be effective in preventing unwanted pregnancy 3. Ease of administration it is to be applied by the person like the chemical or mechanical devices,it has to be simple and easy. 4. Expense and availability the method should not only be cheap but readily available

FOLK METHOD
1. Postcoital Douche or Douching 2. Prolonged Lactation

BEHAVIORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
1. 2. 3. 4. Rhythm Method Ovulation method Withdrawal or Coitus Interruptus Coitus Reservatus

MECHANICAL CONTRACEPTIVES
1. Condom 2. Diaphragm 3. Cervical caps

CHEMICAL CONTRACEPTIVES
1. Vaginal Suppositories and Tablets 2. Contraceptive Jellies, Creams and Vaginal Foams

INTRAUTERINE DEVICES
An intrauterine device is a small plastic or metal object, which is inserted into the uterus by a physician. IUDs, including the coil, the loop, and the Cooper T, prevent pregnancy without inhibiting ovulation.

THE PILL
With the development of the oral contraceptive pill, there has been a tendency to view the pill as another modern medical miracle, much as penicillin was viewed at the time of its discovery.

STERILIZATION
Sterilization or surgery is done with comparative ease and is virtually 100 percent effective. Sterilization of the male is achieved through vasectomy and sterilization of the female is through tubal ligation.

POPULATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

OVERVIEW The countrys development path is set on three interdependent strategies, namely: total human development, world competitiveness and sustainable development.The first pertains to empowering people through improve health,nutrition and education as well as attending to their spiritual, political and socio cultural needs.The second addresses the economic aspects of people empowerment.The third ensures that peoples life sustaining ecosystem are protected and cared for.

MEANING OF POPULATION
Population, as defined, refers to the number of people living in a given area.Population as an aggregate of individuals who have access to environment as a means of sustenance and who are in the the state of interdependence.Population is the number of persons occupying a certain geographical area, drawing subsistence from their environment, and interacting with one another.Population is of vital importance as it gives information about population, its condition and possible effects on society.

COMPONENTS OF POPULATION
A. POPULATION GROWTH The scientific study of human populations, including size, composition, distribution, density, growth, related socio economic characteristics and the causes and consequences of changes in population is called demography. Growth rate describes the rate at which population is increasing or decreasing, the surplus or deficit of births over deaths and net migration. B. POPULATION STRUCTURE The age sex structure of a population describes its composition according to the number of males and females in given age groupings.This structure is often represented by a bar chart called population pyramid.

The population pyramid is a special type of bar chart that shows the age and sex distribution of the population.There are three general types of pyramid.The first is expansive,which has a broad base indicating a high proportion of children and a rapid population growth.The second, constructive, has a base that is narrower than the middle of the pyramid usually a result of a recent rapid decline in fertility affecting the younger age groups.And the third , stationary has a narrow base with approximately equal numbers in each subsequent age group, tapering off at the older ages and indicating a moderate proportion of children at a slow rate.