SS1 Second Term Christian Religious Studies (CRS) Lesson Note – The Family

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WEEK: 8

TOPIC:     THE FAMILY

CONTENT:

1. Types of family.
2. Right and duties of family members Col. 2: 18-21

SUB-TOPIC 1: TYPES OF FAMILY

MEANING OF FAMILY:

A family is a group of people who are related by blood or by marriage. Families are the origin of human communities. Some members of a family include father, mother, children, relatives, grandparents and in-laws. There are two types of family, the nuclear and extended family.

1. Nuclear family: This type of family consists of the father, mother child/children
2. Extended family: This type of family has a father, a mother and child/children in addition to any other relatives like cousins, grandparents, nieces and nephews.

PAUL’S TEACHING ABOUT FAMILY (COL 3: 18-21)

Paul recognized the role of every member of the family and used these roles to describe the nature of our relationship with one another in the church. Paul taught that husbands should love their wives and not be harsh with them. He said that wives should be subject to their husbands. Wives should also be submissive and not be abusive or arrogant because such attitudes were against God’s role for them in the home. Paul encouraged children to obey their parents in everything. He said fathers should not provoke their children to anger. This means that parents should not

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