Family:a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.
key terms to Successful Family are: Provision of Resources, Nurturance and Support, Life Skills Development, Maintenance and Management of the Family System, Sexual Gratification of Marital Partners
Provision of Resources:Providing resources, such as money, food, clothing, and shelter, for all family members is one of the most basic, yet important, roles within a family. This is primarily an instrumental role.
Nurturance and Support: Nurturing and supporting other family members is primarily an affective role and includes providing comfort, warmth, and reassurance for family members. Examples of this role are a parent comforting a child after he/she has a bad day at school, or family members supporting one another after the death of a loved one.
Life Skills Development: The life skills development role includes the physical emotional, educational, and social development of children and adults. Examples of this role are a parent helping a child make it through school, or a parent helping a young adult child decide on a career path.
Relationship with parents during adolescences, parent child relationships undergo redefinition. however parents and adolescences have quest for independence but also they have a lasting bond.
Relationship with peers: Transition from childhood to adolescence involves an increase in the important of peers. they have adolescent friendships they are very important part of the adolescence and cliques and crowds are peers groups of 5 to 10 people who spend a great deal of time.