This document discusses various topics related to family life, including courtship, marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, and responsible parenthood. It describes traditional courtship practices in different regions of the Philippines. It also outlines the stages of pregnancy and important factors for a healthy pregnancy, such as proper nutrition and prenatal care. Key aspects of newborn care are highlighted, including the importance of breastfeeding. Responsible parenthood is defined as making decisions that ensure the best life for one's family and community.

1. Unit II:
FAMILY LIFE
Lesson 1 –
Courtship, Dating, and
Marriage

2. INFATUATION
Infatuation or crush is
the state of being
completely carried away
by unreasoning passion
or love; addictive love.

3. LOVE
 Love can be described as a
feeling of intense affection for
another person.
 A decision to commit oneself
to another and to work
through conflicts instead of
giving up. A deeper

4. ATTRACTION
Attraction is admiration
for someone that may
include the desire to get
to know that person
better.

5. COURTSHIP
Courtship is the period in a
couple's relationship which
precedes their
engagement and marriage
or it is an establishment of
an agreed relationship of a
more enduring kind.

6. TRADITIONAL
PRACTICES of
COURTSHIP in
the
PHILIPPINES

7. ILOCOS & TAGALOG
REGIONS
ILOCOS – “Tapat”
(Harana and
Balagatasan)
- Rooster courtship
“Negotiator”

8. BULACAN
“Naninilong”

9. BATANGAS
-Wedding
procession
before the
wedding.

10. PANGASINAN
- “Taga-amo”
- “palabas”

11. APAYAO
- “Mahal-alay”

12. KALINGA
- “Ebgan or
Ca-i-sing”
(Ato &
olog/agamang)

13. PALAWAN
- use of love
riddles or
“Pasaguli”.
- “Pabalic/Pabalik”
(Dowry)

14. VISAYAS Regions
CEBU – “balak”
LEYTE – “Pangagad”
or Paninilbihan/Subok
BICOL – “Pamianan”

15. MINDANAO
Regions
TAUSUGS –
Palabas, Sarakahan
Tapul, or
Magpasumbahi

16. MINDANAO
Regions
BAGOBOS - they
send a knife or a
spear as a gift to the
home of the courted
woman

17. MINDANAO
Regions
MUSLIMS - Pre-
arranged marriages
and betrothals

18. MINDANAO
Regions
- Pangalay
- Readings from the
Quran
- Placing of the groom’s
fingerprint over the
bride’s forehead.

19. DATING
- is a social activity
which involves two or
more people
generally assessing
each other’s
suitability for a
potential relationship.

20. “GOING STEADY”
- is a period wherein
the relationship
between two
people remains
strong and well.

21. ENGAGEMENT
- a period of agreement
entered between two people
in love for them to be able to
know each other and their
families well enough to be
sure that they are ready and
are suited for life-long
companionship.

22. MARRIAGE
- Marriage is a lifelong
partnership of a man and
a woman.
- It is two unique
individuals, who
understand, respect,
care, and love each other.
(Page 90)

23. MARRIAGE
Factors for a Successful Married Life:
1. Maturity
2. Fidelity
3. Commitment
4. Love
5. Economic Readiness
6. Physical Maturity
7. Character

24. Lesson 2 –
PREGNANCY-
RELATED CONCERNS
AND PRE-NATAL CARE

25. FERTILIZATION
- It is where the reproductive
cells of man (sperm cells)
and woman (egg cells) join
together to make a new
human cell.

26. IMPLANTATION
- The attachment of the
developing cells to the
uterus.

27. PREGNANCY
- It is the time when a new
cell is formed during
fertilization, grows and
develops into a baby in the
woman’s uterus.

28. EMBRYO
- It is the developing human
from the time that the
ovum and the sperm cell
unite until the end of the
eight week.

29. FETUS
- It is the developing
human from the eight
week until birth.

30. A normal
pregnancy
generally lasts
until 9 months or
38-40 weeks or
270-280 days.

31. PHASES OF
PREGNANCY

32. FIRST
TRIMESTER
- Week 1 through week
12.
- Missed menstrual
period.

33. SECOND
TRIMESTER
- Week 13 to week 27
- easiest part of
pregnancy.

34. THIRD
TRIMESTER
- Week 28 to the birth

35. BIRTH
- The passage of a baby
from its mother’s
uterus to the outside
of her body.

36. LABOR
- It is the process that
lasts from the time
contractions start until
the delivery of the
child and the placenta.

37. MATERNAL NUTRITION
- Maternal nutritional status
affects the offspring’s health
development and
subsequently determines
health during growth and even
throughout adulthood.

38. DIETARY
PLAN
DURING
PREGNANCY

39. BODY BUILDING
FOODS:
 Fish, Meat, Poultry - 4
matchbox-sizes
 Milk - 2/3 cup
 Whole Eggs - 3-4/ week
 Dried Beans & Nuts - ½ cup

40. ENERGY GIVING
FOODS:
 Enriched rice - 5 cup cooked
 Root crops - 1 small or ½ cup
sliced
 Sugar - 7 teaspoon
 Fat - 6 teaspoons

41. REGULATINGFOODS:
 Green leafy and yellow
vegetables - ¾ cup cooked
 Vitamin C –rich foods - 2
medium or 2 slices big fruit
 Other fruits and vegetables-
2 medium fruits and 2/3 cup
cooked vegetables

42. ASSIGNMENT/PROJEC
T:
Using a paper plate,
paste at least ONE
picture of food from
each group. Deadline
will be on Friday,

44. NEWBORN CARE
- It is a comprehensive
strategy to improve the
health of the newborn
through interventions.

45. R.A. No. 9288
- AN ACT PROMULGATING A
COMPREHENSIVE POLICY AND A
NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR
ENSURING NEWBORN SCREENING

47. BREASTFEEDIN
G
- It is the traditional and ideal form
of infant feeding, meeting an
infant’s nutritional needs for his
first four to six months of life.
- It is also nature’s first
immunization, enabling the infant

48. LACTATION
- It is the period of milk production
initiated by the prolactin
hormone in the mammary glands
- It has approximately 67 Kcalories/
100 mL or 20 Kcalories/ oz. and
1.2 grams protein per 100 mL.

49. COLOSTRUM
- The first thick yellowish
fluid that comes out from
second to the fifth day after
delivery

50. Lesson 3 -
RESPONSIBLE
PARENTHOOD

51. Parenthoodis the state
of being a parent. Traditionally, it
means being a father or mother of
the biological child.

52. Responsible
parenting is defined as the
series of decisions couples make to
ensure the best possible life for the
family and for the community to
which the family belongs.

56. DO
ACTIVITY 69.