ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

OF LIVING IN AN EXTENDED FAMILY

Team 1
Content
*DEFINITION
*ADVANTAGES
*DISADVANTAGES
Definition

An extended familycan be defined as that type of family in which there are grandparents, parents, sisters and cousins
Advantages

Happier
*play together *talk and share daily day
*children will get a lot of help by thier family
Have more support from other family member

Family can be one of your support

Advice is close at hand

Help you get over a troule

Take care of you when you have a health problem
*Get a lot of financial help
Sharing economic responsibilities

*Share electrcity bill, living expenses
*Reduce the familys money strain
But something always cut two ways there are a lot of problems if you live in an extended family
Alot of argument

Disadvantages

Lack of privacy and personal
*different tastes in food,movies and other things
*conflicts between different generations
*disagreements about how to bring up chidren
*less privacy; in most cases they to share a room,so privacy is rather scarce in large families
*less free time; due to so many members, leisure time may be non-existent
*being bothered by family members