Family communication over time takes on definite patterns, depending upon how the family organizes its activities. As working parents, Brian and Peggy call their housekeeper to relay separate messages to their son when he comes home from school. Which answer best describes this message sending?

Communication can be defined as a form of transferring a message from one person to another. This communication has a certain type of message transferring patterns.

There are five types of communication networks:

Y-Network
Wheel Network
Circle Network
Chain Network
All Channel or Star Network

The form of communication network used in the given case is Y-Network.

Y-Network is the network in which the message is transferred hierarchically. The message is transferred or communicated only through the leader as a central communicator. The message is communicated from top to bottom hierarchy.

In the given case, the housekeeper is the central communicator and the information is passed to the son (bottom in hierarchy) from parents Brian and Peggy (top in the hierarchy).

So, the correct answer is Y-Network.