Family life in Venezuela
By: Bryce Loux
belief or view on family
- Family ties are strong and most families are close-knit, gathering for holidays and aiding each other during times of medical or economic distress. If members of a family are affluent, they customarily share their wealth with less-fortunate relatives. Households commonly include members of the extended family, usually grandparents. The elderly are treated with great respect, and grandmothers are especially revered. They often pass on religious and moral values to their grandchildren.
the structure of the family
- Households commonly include members of the extended family, usually grandparents.
- Family ties are strong and most families are close-knit, gathering for holidays and aiding each other during times of medical or economic distress.
- If members of a family are affluent, they customarily share their wealth with less-fortunate relatives
Relationship
- Family decisions—such as which school children will attend, where to live, and which car to buy—are usually made jointly.
- Children are often cared for by grandmothers
- Children typically live with their parents until they have graduated from college and can afford to live on their own, sometimes remaining in the parental home even after they have married and had children of their own
Gender Roles
- Traditionally, the father was the economic provider for the family
- the responsibility for raising the children and managing the household traditionally rested with the mother
- women comprise almost half of the labor force
Interesting fact of Venezuelan family
- Children typically live with their parents until they have graduated from college and can afford to live on their own, sometimes remaining in the parental home even after they have married and had children of their own.
"Venezuela." CultureGrams Online Edition. ProQuest, 2014. Web. 28 Feb 2014.