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| Roots: |
The African-American
extended family can be traced back to the African
heritage of most black Americans. In most African
societies, newly married couples marry into a large
extended family, rather start their own households.
This web of kinship traveled with slavery to the
United States. |
| Black
Family Life: |
- More black than white adults have family
members, other than their own children, living
in their households (Wilson, 1986).
- African-American parents see more kin during
the week and consider them as more important
in their lives than white families (Wilson,
1986).
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| Extended
Family Benefits: |
- Protects against the destructive impact of
poverty and prejudice in black family life (Harrison
et al., 1990; McLoyd, 1990).
- Extended family members often help with the
rearing of children (Pearson et al., 1990).
- Grandmothers in the households of black teenagers
with children help protect the babies from the
negative influence of overwhelmed, inexperienced
mothers (Stevens, 1984).
- Adolescent mother who live in extended families
are more likely to complete high school and
get a job, and less likely to be on welfare
than mothers who live on their own (Furstenberg
& Crawford, 1978).
- Relatives nearby young mother also related
to improved child-rearing (Chase-Lansdale, Brooks-Gunn,
& Zamsky, 1994).
- Extended families lend to teen self-reliance,
emotional well-being, and lessened delinquency
(Taylor, Casten, & Flickinger, 1993).
- African-American extended families transmit
black cultural values to children by placing
more emphasis on cooperation and moral and religious
values (Tolson & Wilson, 1990)
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