family
Let an agent handle families respectfully and inclusively by form, relationships, legal recognition and support, protecting privacy and children.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle families respectfully and inclusively by form, relationships, legal recognition and support, protecting privacy and children.
A group of people related by kinship, marriage, adoption or chosen commitment, often living together and caring for each other; forms include nuclear, extended, single-parent, blended and chosen families.
What it is for: Care, belonging, raising children and mutual support.
It can be describe family relationships; access family support services; register legal relationships; protect children and vulnerable members.
Distinguishing features
Group bound by kinship or commitment
Many forms
Legal recognition varies
Family data is personal
What it looks like
A social group, not an appearance.
How it is recognised
Kinship terms
Household and family records
Noble families and houses are a related sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
has part - members
is recognised by - law
is related to - co-residence
In practice
Families and kinds
nuclear families
extended families
single-parent families
blended and step families
chosen families
noble houses and dynasties
Standards and regulation
Family law
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
European Convention on Human Rights Article 8
Failure modes and hazards
Assuming one family form
Exposing family data
Missing signs of abuse or neglect
Also called
+145
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.family-4
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Form Which family.
Families take many forms.
Structure
Members.
Structure
Family form.
- What form does this family take? definition
- Who are its members? definition
Relationships
Kinship.
Relationships
Relationships.
- How are members related? definition
- Which kinship terms apply? definition
Legal Recognition.
Law recognises families differently.
Recognition
Status.
Recognition
Legal recognition.
- Which relationships are legally recognised here? boundary
- What rights follow? boundary
Records
Registration.
Records
Civil records.
- Which records document the family? provenance
- How can they be updated? action
Support Help.
Families need support.
Services
Family support.
Services
Support services.
- Which family support services are available? action
- Who is eligible? boundary
Care
Caring roles.
Care
Caring.
- Who provides care, and is support available for carers? action
- What leave rights apply? boundary
Protection Safety and privacy.
Families can be sites of harm.
Safety
Abuse.
Safety
Safety.
- Is anyone at risk of abuse, and which services help? boundary
- Is there an emergency number? action
Privacy
Data.
Privacy
Privacy.
- Is family data shared with consent? boundary
- Are children identifiable? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should family forms be separate entries?
- How should kinship terms be linked?
- How should noble houses be split off?