### social organization | family:

Family life
* can differ in Honduras as well
  - produce anxiety, tension and disagreement
* has enormous power in people's lives.
* is about creating memories together
  - an intermingling of blessings and burdens
  - as important to a child's education as is school life
  - based on love, respect, trust, support, and on spending time together
  - important in Liberia
  - patrilocal, which means that newlyweds live with the groom's parents
  - strong and is based on kinship groups within village clans
* is the beginning of life in society
  - first experience a person has in under standing the meaning of commitment
  - very important in Egypt
* mirrors the outside world for children.
* natural fusion of religion, myth, law and culture.
* plays a major role in both types of societies.
* varies greatly and many factors influence the outcome for children.

### social organization | family:

Foster family
* Foster families are families
  - attempt to determine if dog gets along with other dogs, cats and children
  - nurture foster children during difficult times
  - open their homes to a new foster dog, helping it to adjust to a life of retirement
* Foster families provide a loving home environment for our cats, kittens, puppies and adult dogs
  - an environment of healing and stability for hurting children and families
  - respect the bonds between children and their parents and siblings
  - socialize and train dogs
* Foster families work closely with the child's biological family
  - to determine temperament, training, etc
* Many foster families experience a drop in income as a result of adoption.
* Most foster families specialize in the type of child they serve.
* Some foster families specialize in working with short-term cases
  - wish to provide foster care only

### social organization | family:

Foster home
* Many foster homes have only one or two foster children.
* Some foster homes specialize in doing emergency care.
* are costly to taxpayers and can be harmful to children
  - important to the animals waiting for their forever homes
  - one of the only places available for children whose families are in turmoil
  - orphanages
  - responsible for caring for a rescue pet before it is placed for adoption
  - sometimes far more abusive than the child's original environment
  - used for foster kids
* provide a loving home for as long as it takes to find a permanent home
  - food, lodging, supervision, and household services
  - temporary respite for cockers awaiting adoption

Gene family
* Gene families are genes that descended by duplication and variation from some ancestral gene
  - have lineage
* Most gene families have lineage.

Haitian family
* Haitian families spend their leisure time within their own family and friendship groups.
* Some Haitian families try to dream the very best for their children in terms of profession.

Hawaiian family
* Hawaiian families know what their family s amakua is
  - treasure their quilts as possessions of great significance
* Many Hawaiian families believe the 'io to be their guardian spirit, or 'aumakua.

Healthy family
* Healthy families are good for the environment
  - ones that spend time together
  - the foundation for a healthy start in education
* Healthy families are the foundation of a healthy society
  - healthy communities
  - primary building blocks for healthy communities
  - have healthy lawns
  - produce healthy people
  - serve as a nest for our human growth and development
  - share family meals
  - understand that conflict normal part of being in relationship

Hispanic family
* Hispanic families are more likely to be poor than non-Hispanic families.
* Some Hispanic families live with their relatives all their life.