Family and Households - Types of families
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- Created on: 06-05-18 18:52
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- Family and Households - Types of families
- Reconstituted
- family unit where one or both parents have children from a previous relationship, but they have combined to form a new family.
- Extended
- a family which extends beyond the nuclear family to include grandparents and other relatives.
- Single Parent
- parent who cares for children without the assistance of another parent in the home
- Beanpole
- multi-generational extended family
- this means that there are many different generations within the family but they have few siblings in each generation.
- multi-generational extended family
- Cohabiting
- living arrangement in which an unmarried couple lives together in a long-term relationship that resembles a marriage.
- Traditional nuclear
- consists of a married couple and their biological child or children.
- Same sex
- LGBT people raising one or more children as parents or foster care parents.
- Reconstituted
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