Members of ones "extended family" include: grandparents, great grandparents, unlcles, aunts, cousins, nephews, neices as well as in some cases brothers and sisters in law. Basically just about anyone that doesnt live with your immdeiate family (if your still at home that is) which would be your mother and father and any siblings. The advantages are a larger family network, social relationships and so on. There really are little disadvantages other than possible less attention by parents due to a larger number of dependants.
Extended family can be a heaven and hell both.
Advantages :
Disadvantages
Advantages:
-Better relationship with relatives
- more fun
-someone is always there
-food is always prepared :D
-Not to worry about transport
-Help and motivations for homeworks and problems.
Disadvantages:
-Not enough space
-More expenses
-Less Privacy
-Conflicts over tv or computer
-Favouritism, taking sides.
-Nagging grandparents
-Young siblings will adopt the bad habits of older siblings
ADVANTAGES- you are loved by many, if something happens you have many people to contact, and you can have a great cultural background.
DISADVANTAGES- way too many Christmas cards to send out, you may have many family members you don't even know, which sucks BTW.
This is an advantage of extended type of family because this family contains more people to serve as resources during crisis and provides more role models for behaviour of values. The disadvantage of living in an extended type of family is shouldering more expenses for their basic needs.
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
All-in-all, things will work out just be flexible.
Extended families exist and everyone has one. That is not a matter of advantages and disadvantages.
There are advantages and disadvantages to living in a single household as part of an extended family, as compared to living in a nuclear family with the members of your extended family at a greater distance.
The advantages relate to mutual support and assistance. The disadvantages relate to reduced independence and control of your living conditions.
More Life Experiences, more people to listen to you, more people to love you, some shared financial responsibilities, more people with drivers licenses, more cooks, more people that can clean the house, etc.
Pros= their fun to hag around
Cons= they eat all your food
a child(ren) would be able to socialize easily
Having the support of an extended family can help parents through many of the tougher times with child raising
Advantages of an extended family include strong support system, sharing responsibilities, and preservation of cultural traditions. Disadvantages can include conflicts over decision-making, lack of privacy, and difficulty in coordinating schedules.
if they live father away you can go and visit themor where they live. its always good to have more family members so that you can turn to them its much more amusing knowing different people that you are related to
An extended family is a family which consists of children, parents, grandparents etc
An extended family is family that consists of aunts,uncles,grandparents and other family members.
The Samoan word for extended family is aiga.
The Samoan word for extended family is aiga.
the members in your extended family are you aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents
An extended family in Bantu society was a family of several generations living together.
That would be an "extended" family...
A horizontally extended family is the immediate family such as the mom, dad, aunts, uncles and children. A horizontally extended family involves the relations of the same generation as the parents.