Socio-Cultural Changes in Filipino Family

SOCIO-CULTURAL CHANGES IN FILIPINO FAMILY
Introdu The family is a solid unit whose ction: primary to that of the interests are
individuals composing it. Within the neighborhood, it is the entire family, not its individual members, which decides on the resolution of important matters; thus it is the honor of the family which is at stake when an individual member of the unit commits a mistake and not of the person himself.
Introdu The superordination of the family over ction: individual interests has a far-reaching
significance. Emphasis on family loyalty and support prevails which in turn underlines the concept of family solidarity. It is the family which provides the average Filipino with a stable unit for socialization and a reservoir of emotional security and support.
Introdu ction: family that she acquires her It is in the

first orientation to group life, learns and internalizes the values of Filipino culture and finds guidance throughout her life.
Courtship
Tradition
The process of courting a Filipina in the traditional sense is a long and arduous process. It is expected that a Filipina will play hard-to-get when court because that is the norm. No matter how much she likes the man, she has to show utmost restraint and disinterest.
Courtship
Stages of Courtship
If a young man sees a lady he likes he should seek out the help of a gobetween, to ask the permission of the girls father whether he can visit them in their house When the approval is obtained, the suitor can then come to the house with the go-between who will initiate the introductions to the family.
Court Stages of Courtship ship the initial visit the suitor is After
expected to woo the girl by showing up in her house more often. This is the stage where he does the paninilbihan like chopping firewood, fetching water from the well, Etc. At night he will sing harana or love songs. Dating Wedding Pamamanhikan
Courtship
Modern Filipino courtship revolves more on the liberalism of the Filipino youth. Courtship is little more lenient on youngsters. A man can meet a girl he likes through the common friend or on the party. Modern courtship does not really have a pattern.
Courtship
Modern Filipina ladies are also decisive on their choices. Those who do not really want their suitors would not hesitate on letting them know of this fact. Romantic conversations are done by the courted and by the Filipino bachelor through the use of cellular phones particularly through texting messages and the internet.
Marriage
A typical ancient traditional Filipino wedding, during pre-colonial times, is held for three days and was officiated by a babaylan. The ceremony: First Day = the couple was brought to the priest's home, where the babaylan blesses them, while their hands are joined over a container of uncooked rice
Marriage The ceremony:

Third Day = the priest would prick their chests to draw a small amount of blood, which will be placed on a container to be mixed with water. After announcing their love for each other for three times, they were fed by the priest with cooked rice coming from a single container. Afterwards, they were to drink the water that was mixed with their blood. The priest proclaimed that they are officially wed after their necks and hands were bound by a cord or ,sometimes, once their long hairs had been entwined together
Marriage
The majority of current-day Filipino
weddings became predominantly Christian or Catholic in character, which is also because of the mostly Catholic population.
Parts of Filipino wedding ceremonies have become faith-centered and Godcentered, which also highlights the concept that the joining of two individuals is a "life long commitment" of loving and caring.
Parent -
Parent-child Children in a traditional Filipino family Relationship when are trained not to answer back
parents are reprimanding them. Filipino children today are learning to reason with their parents just like what they see on Western movies and television programs. Most Filipino parents still consider it disrespectful for their children to answer back or reason with them. As a result, it creates tension and conflicts in
Reli-
Family Faith and Traditionally, the religion of the Filipino Religion the religion of the parents becomes
children. No one is supposed to change faith as a respect to the parents. American freedom of religion influenced the younger generation to choose what to believe and help the parents to be more open-minded when it comes to their children's choice of faith
Role father is considered the head and of the Parents The the provider of the family (Tradition) while the mother
takes responsibility of the domestic needs and in-charge of the emotional growth and values formation of the children. They both perform different tasks and being remarked separately by the children. Children see their mothers soft and calm, while they regard their fathers as strong and the most eminent figure in the family.
Role of the Parents urban centers of the Today, in most

Philippines two-income families are quite common, with both parents having full-time jobs. The mother still takes care of the household chores but with the help of the helper and a nanny who takes care of the baby at home.
Traditional 1. Strong respect for elders. Children are Filipino how to say po and Family taught from birth
opo to teach them as early as possible how to properly respect their elders. These words are used to show respect to people of older level. 2. Keep close connection with other relatives.
Filipino to Paz Policarpio Family According

Mendez and F. Landa Jocano (1974), the traditional Filipino family were: acknowledges the importance of both consanguineal (blood) and affinal (marriage) ties. ritual kinship in terms of godparents is recognized as being special because it is embedded in the Filipino community
Traditional Consanguineal or biological ties remain Filipino Family as the most important relations
Some rural Filipinos, when choosing friends and possible spouses, carefully examined genealogies to assess virtues and shortcomings because they believed that a person's hereditary character shows.
Traditional Belen Medina found that: Filipinoare so important, that a Blood bonds Family
person can be judged on the basis of who her or his relatives are. It follows that parents and children share an exceptionally strong and intimate bond. They give each other much mutual affection and respect. Children are taught by their parents to be gentle and deferential to elders, and this is carried on after they get married.
Traditional Gelia Castillo and Juanito Filipinop.Family the Pua (1963, 116) classify
Filipino family as residentially nuclear but functionally extended." This means that the household tends to be nuclear in form, but the family is extended in so far as relationships among members of the wider kin group are concerned.
Modern Filipino Family

less religiously oriented
Social relationships become more impersonal and businesslike

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SOCIO-CULTURAL CHANGES IN FILIPINO FAMILY

Introdu ction: family that she acquires her It is in the

Marriage The ceremony:

Role of the Parents urban centers of the Today, in most

Filipino to Paz Policarpio Family According

Modern Filipino Family

Social relationships become more impersonal and businesslike

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