Family Life Education

Bashu Wagle
(MA English, MA Sociology, LLB, M. Phil.)
Researcher, Teacher and Advocate
12/9/2020
train.bashuwagle@gmail.com
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 Family derived from Greek Famulus
 Famulus meaning Servant of household or to
serve
 Defined as total number of people living
together sharing the same kitchen related
either by blood or marriage or adoption
 ‘Biological and social unit which is composed
of husband, wife and their children’ (Eliot and
Merril
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 For love, care, affection and cooperation
 Helps in transmitting the socio-cultural
norms and values from one generation to
another
 Sharing of happiness and sorrows
 Fulfilling al short of family needs
 Earning for family members
 Helping family members socialize
 Production of manpower
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 Basic needs
◦ Physiological needs
◦ Safety needs
 Additional needs
◦ Love and belonging
◦ Esteem
◦ Self actualization (Abraham Maslow)
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 Food
 Clothing
 Housing
 Health
 Education
 Security (UNESCO, 2000)
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 Self-actualization, according to
Maslow, represents growth of an individual
toward fulfillment of the highest needs—
those for meaning in life, in particular. ...
Belonging and love including, the needs of
deficiency and selfish taking instead of
giving, and unselfish love that is based upon
growth rather than deficiency
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 Maslow's quote refers to self-actualization,
which is the highest level or stage in his
model of human motivation: the
'Hierarchy of Needs'. According to
the hierarchy of needs, self-
actualization represents the highest-order
motivations, which drive us to realize our true
potential and achieve our 'ideal self'
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 Educational effort to strengthen individual
and family life through a family perspective.
The objective of FLE is to enrich and improve
the quality of individual and family life.
(NCFR)
 Family + Life + Education
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 Helps youngsters to solve their family probs
 Helps them to recognize the social, emotional
and physical changes taking place during
their growth
 Develops knowledge on the roles,
responsibilities, maintenance and function of
family
 Teaches to maintain good relationship among
family members
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 Makes family life happy and prosperous
 Develops knowledge, values, and skills
necessary for adulthood, marriage and
parenthood and participation in community
life
 Makes people aware of sexual maturity and
helps understand sex and sexual behaviours
 Helps youngsters realize their duty and
responsibilities towards society
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 Relation with social organization
◦ Family has certain things to do with hospital, school,
temples, shops, theatres etc.
 Internal dynamics of families
◦ Problems and solutions keep on existing in the family
 Human growth and development
◦ Changes occur in the people in families
 Human sexuality
◦ Physiological, psychological and social aspects of sexual
development
 Interpersonal relationships
◦ There is relationship inside relations in the family
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 Family resource management
◦ Management of time, money, assets, energy,
friends, neighbours etc.
 Parent education and guidance
◦ Parental education on how to manage family
 Family law and public policy
◦ Legal issues related to family welfare
 Professional ethics and practice
◦ Character and social conduct of family members
 FLE method
◦ Principles and procedures of FLE
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 Primary Responsibilities
◦ Balanced diet to children
◦ Clothes
◦ Quality education
◦ Health care and service
◦ Securities
◦ Moral lessons
◦ Socialization
◦ Teaching of good behaviours
◦ Getting kids away from bad habits
◦ Support to kids to solve their problems
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 Secondary Responsibilities
◦ Deciding age at marriage
 Right age of marriage determines the status of life
◦ Deciding the number of children
 For happy life there should be right number of children
as per the capacity of the parents
◦ Maintain birth spacing
 Continuous births may affect the health status of
mother and wealth status of family
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 Policy maker
◦ Formation of rules and regulation for better family
 Leader
◦ Parents to get the kids on the right path
 Educator
◦ Family a school, parents teachers
 Inspirer
◦ Inspiring kids in every walk of their lives
 Friend
◦ Parents to be close friends to the kids to be familiar
with their traits
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 Social and legal process of conjugal bond
 Being in the relation of a husband and a wife
 Relationship of being husband and wife –
Collins Dictionary
 An institution admitting man and woman to
family life in the relationship of husband and
wife for producing and rearing children -
Bogardus
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 For generation to continue
 For sexual fulfillment
 For systematic sexual relationship in the
family and society
 For planning a family
 For reproduction and care for the children
 For living in a family with harmony and love
 For supervision, guidance and socialization of
children
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 On arrangement basis
◦ Arranged marriage – marriage is confirmed with the
consent of parents or guardians of the bride and
groom
◦ Love marriage – marriage is performed with the
consent of bride and groom themselves with or
without the consent of their guardian
◦ Court marriage – The bride and the groom wed as
per the legal provisions with their own consent,
they are instantly provided with marriage certificate
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 On culture basis
◦ Bel Vivah – performed in Newar culture before the
menarche. The girl is married with Wood apple, symbol
of Lord Narayan in the belief that she remains married
though her husband is dead
◦ Bidhuwa Vivah – the widow is remarried after the loss of
her husband, legally approved but less practiced in
Nepal
◦ Bhauju Behorne Vivah – Levirate marriage in which a
younger brother in law maries her elder sister after she
loses her husband
◦ Chori – the marriage is performed by eloping, either a
boy or a girl is taken away without guardian’s consent
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 On cultural basis
◦ Gandharva Vivah – marriage is done by performing
certain performance where girls and boys show
their talents which they like
◦ Jari Vivah – a man marries other’s wife by paying
fine to the husband
◦ Magi vivah – marriage similar to arranged one
where it is performed wit the consent of guardians
of the bride and the groom
◦ Supari vivah – a short of marriage where betel nut is
offered by girl’s guardian to the boy’s guardian. If it
is accepted marriage is performed otherwise
terminated
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