2. THE TRADITIONAL SOCIAL NORMS VIEWS
MARRIAGE AS A SACRED PHENOMENON
THAT IS THE FAMILY AND MARRIAGE ARE
DIVINE AND HOLY INSTITUTIONS, CREATED
AND MAINTAIN BY ‘GOD’ OR SOME
SUPREME BEINGS.
“MARRIAGE ARE MADE IN HEAVEN”
THE TRADITONAL SOCIAL
NORMS
3. 1.Legally
Married
Legally speaking,
marriage is a
contract made in
conjunction with
the law, where a
free man and a free
woman
reciprocally engage
to live with each
other during their
joint lives, in the
union which ought
to exist between
husband and wife
Traditional Family Norms
4. Single-hood
never married
Singlehood is
often defined as
the state of being
unmarried.
However, since it is
common for people
to be in a romantic
partnership yet not
married, this term
also applies to the
condition of having
no romantic
partner at all.
Non Traditional alternatives
5. Non Marital
Cohabitation
Cohabitation is
an arrangement
where two or more
people are
not married but
live together. They
are often involved
in
a romantic or sexu
ally intimate
relationship on a
long-term or
permanent basis.
Non Traditional Alternatives
6. 2.Married
once
Monogamy is a
form of dyadic
relationship in
which an
individual has only
one partner during
their lifetime.
Traditional Family Norms
7. Remarriage
remarry.
“To remarry
is to get
married again”,
after already having
been married at
least once. Some
marriages end in
divorce, and others
end when one of the
spouses dies. Even if
being married didn'
t agree with them the
first time, many
people do decide
to remarry
Non Traditional Alternative
8. Multiple
Marriages
Polygamy is the
practice of marrying
multiple spouses.
When a man is
married to more than
one wife at a time,
sociologists call this
polygyny. When a
woman is married to
more than one
husband at a time
called polyandry.
Non Traditional Alternatives
10. Same Sex
Marriage
Same-sex marriage
is the marriage of
two people of the
same sex or
gender, entered
into in a civil or
religious ceremony
Non Traditional Alternatives
11. 4.Endogamous
marriage
Endogamy is the
practice of marrying
within a specific social
group, caste, or ethnic
group, rejecting those
from others as
unsuitable for marriage
or other close personal
relationships.
Endogamy is common
in many cultures and
ethnic groups
Traditional Family Norms
12. Interfaith
marriage
Interfaith marriage,
sometimes called a
"mixed marriage", is
marriage between
spouses professing
different religions.
Although interfaith
marriages are most
often contracted as
civil marriages, in
some instances they
may be contracted as
a religious marriage
Non Traditional Alternatives
13. Interracial
marriage
Interracial
marriage is a form
of marriage
outside a specific
social group
involving spouses
who belong to
different races or
racialized
ethnicities.
Non Traditional Alternatives
14. Interclass
marriage
Hyper gamy
(colloquially referred to
as "marrying up",
occasionally referred to
as "higher-gamy") is a
term used in social
science for the act or
practice of a
person marrying a
spouse of higher caste
or social status than
themselves.
Non Traditional Alternatives
15. 5.Two Adult
Household
"married-couple"
before the term
"household," "family,"
or "subfamily" indicates
that the
household, family, or
subfamily is maintained
by a husband and wife.
Traditional Family Norms
18. Affiliated
families
means any child,
stepchild, grandchild,
parent, stepparent,
grandparent, spouse,
sibling, mother-in-law,
father-in-law, son-in-
law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law or sister-
in-law, including
adoptive relationships,
of any Person that
shares same one roof
Non Traditional Alternatives
19. 6.Children
Family is defined as a
specific group of people
that may be made up of
partners, children,
parents, aunts, uncles,
cousins and
grandparents. An
example of a family is
a set of parents living
with their children.
Traditional Family norm
22. Single parent
Single-
parent families
are families with
children under age
18 headed by
a parent who is
widowed or
divorced and not
remarried, or by
a parent who has
never married.
Non Traditional Alternatives
23. Joint custody
Legal custody of a
child that is shared
by both parents
after divorce or
separation.
Non Traditional Alternatives
24. Step families
Family that is
formed on the
remarriage of a
divorce or
widowed person
and that includes
one or more
children.
Non Traditional Alternatives
25. 8.Parent as a
key source of:
EDUCATION
Parents are involved
in their children’s
education children
are more engaged
with their school
work longer and
achieve better
learning outcomes.
Children can both
inspire and empower
them as they go
through their own
educational journey.
Traditional Family Norms
26. 8.Parent as a
key source of :
RELIGION
Religious tradition
beliefs was
recognized that
parents have a
significant part of
play in shaping the
faith identity of a
children.
Traditional Family Norms
27. 8.Parent as a
key source of:
PROTECTION
Parents also
protect their
children’s safety by
monitoring their
whereabouts and
activities to
prevent them both
physical and
psychological
harm.
Traditional Family Norms
28. 8.Parent as a
key source of:
RECREATION
Recreation, leisure
and sports
activities play an
important role in
communities
include improving
the health and
well-being of a
child.
Traditional Family Norms
29. School
School provides a
structured education
and promotes
a child's mental and
psychological growt
h. Aside from
learning academics,
a child will also
learn other
important life skills
such as teamwork,
good manners, unity,
sharing, and
responsibility.
Non Traditional Alternatives
30. Churches
The church is the
catalyst for social
change in the
community.
The church is a God-
appointed channel for
ministry
to children and
families.
The church brings
local understanding
and resources. It can
also offer vision,
ownership, and a long-
term commitment to
the child
development process.
Non Traditional Alternatives
31. Government-
police
Makes
the role of gover
nment in
insuring children'
s rights within the
family extremely
complex and
delicate
Non Traditional Alternatives
32. Clubs,
professional
sport
Playing sport helps
much more than
in the physical
aspects. It
builds character,
teaches thinking –
analytical and
strategic, leadership
skills, goal setting and
much more. Getting
children involved
in sport will help
them get more active
and also
develop a healthier pe
rsonality.
Non Traditional Alternatives
33. 9.Until Death
"till death do us
part" is a part of
some traditional
wedding vows. The
signifies that the
married couple
intend to spend the
remainder of their
lives together
Traditional Family Norms
34. Until Divorce
0r separation
A divorce is a legal
action between
married people to
terminate their
marriage
relationship. It can
be referred to as
dissolution of
marriage and is
basically, the legal
action that ends the
marriage before the
death of either
spouse.
Non Traditional Alternatives0
35. 10.Male as
provider
mean is that he
should have a good
job that earns a
steady income, one
which enables him
to provide food,
shelter, and the
nice things in life
to his family.
Traditional Family Norms
36. Female as a
provider
mean is that she should
have a good job that
earns a steady income,
one which enables him
to provide food, shelter,
and the nice things in
life to his family.
Non Traditional Alternatives
37. Dual Carriers
A dual-career
family is a family in
which both parents
have careers. The term
is typically only used for
those who work away
from home, and it does
not include those who
work at home. The jobs
are also
usually career based
with advancement goals
rather than temporary
work
Non Traditional Alternatives
38. Commuter
Marriages
A commuter
marriage is
a marriage between
spouses who live apart,
usually because of the
locations of their jobs,
and who regularly
travel to be together, as
on
weekends. Commuter
marriage is a growing
form of distant
relationships
Non Traditional Alternatives
39. 11.Male as
head or
authority
This means that you
must have paid more
than half of the total
household bills,
including rent or
mortgage, utility
bills, insurance,
property taxes,
groceries, repairs
and other common
household expenses
Traditional Family Norms
40. Female as a
Head
A mother who is
head and ruler of
her family
Non Traditional Alternatives
41. Androgynous
Relationship
Androgyny is the
combination of
masculine and feminine
characteristics into an
ambiguous form. ...
When androgyny refe
rs to mixed biological
sex characteristics in
humans, it often refers
to intersex people. As a
gender
identity, androgynous
individuals may refer
to themselves as non-
binary, gender queer, or
gender neutral.
Non Traditional Norms
42. 12.Self
Supporting ,
independent
means being able
to attend to your
own needs and to
make and assume
duty for your
choices while
thinking about
both the people
around you and
your environment
Traditional Family Norms
44. Social Security
Social Security is
basically a pay-as-you-
go program. This
manner that state-of-
the-art people pay
Social Security taxes
into the program and
money flows again out
as monthly earnings to
beneficiaries. As a pay-
as-you-go system.
Non Traditional Norms
45. 13.Premarital
Chastity
Chastity is a virtue
related to temperance,
one of the seven
Christian virtues and it
is defined as refraining
from any sexual
conduct or romantic
relationships. ... The
term is closely
associated (and can be
used interchangeably)
with sexual abstinence,
especially in the context
of premarital and
extramarital sex.
Traditional Family Norms
46. Pre or non
marital
intercourse
sexual
intercourse between
individuals who are not
married to one another
extramarital sex that
willfully and
maliciously interferes
with marriage relations.
fornication.
voluntary sexual
intercourse between
persons not married to
each other.
Non Traditional Alternatives
48. Extramarital
relationship
Extramarital sex occurs
when a married person
engages in sexual
activity with someone
other than his or her
spouse. The term may
be applied to the
situation of a single
person having sex with
a married person. From
a religious perspective,
it could refer to sex
between people who are
not in a conjugal
relationship
Non Traditional Alternatives
49. Sexually open
marriage
Open marriage is a
form of non-monogamy
in which the partners of
a
dyadic marriage agree
that each may engage in
extramarital sexual rel
ationships, without this
being regarded by them
as infidelity, and
consider or establish
an open relationship
despite the implied
monogamy
of marriage.
Non Traditional Alternatives