Families

Different Types of Family's

Neo-Conventional nucleur family-Similar to the nucleur family married couple and dependant children where both parents work.

Cohabition- In a relationship but not married.

Reconstituted- Re-marry with someone else, live with them even though its not the childs real parent.

Commune- A large group of poeple living together.

Extended family-Consists of parents and their children, along with their grandparents, aunts and uncles (multiple generations).

Grandparents- (vertically extended)

Aunts and Uncles -(horizontaly extended)

Multiple generations- (Beanpole family)

Single parent family- child that only lives with one parent due to divorce or unwanted pregnancy.

Same sex family's- Two people of the same sex cohabiting or married. Adoption, surrogacy or IVF.

Single person household- A person living on their own due to choice, through relationship breakdown or death of a partner.

Empty nest family- Where children have grown up and left home leaving one or both parents.

Household- All the people living together in a domestic dwelling with people you aren't related to (Friends).

Boomerang children- Adult children who repeatedly return to their parents homes.

Marriage

Polgyny- When a man has more than one wife.

Polygamy- Having more than one marriage family.

Polyandry- Where a women has more than one husband.

Bigamy- Having two or more marriage parteners at the same time. A criminal offence in the UK

Mnogamy…