Child Development

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Created on: 26-09-12 19:36

Adoptive Family

Step parents can adopt their step child only if the other parent is dead or gives consent, adoptive family is not blood related, also it is not permanent

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Foster Family

Foster families are temporary, it gives the child and parent a break

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Single Parent

One parent brings up the child alone, it may be because of divorce or the other parent has passed away, or the child may not know its father because it may of been a one night stand

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Step Family

Consist of a child or children who is the natural child of the one partner in a marriage of relationships but not both, this type of family usually start as a one parent family, numbers of step families always increase

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Residential Care Home

Residential Care Home means that a child or children haven't got a home, children can be taken into care by social workers and the court for a number of reasons, abuse. neglect. death also the parents can choose if their children can go into care

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Nuclear Family

Nuclear Family consist of parents of their children, quite often nuclear family's away from some distant away from their family

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The Extended Family

Sometimes children live with their aunties and uncles or even grandparents

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Foster families are temporary, it gives the child and parent a break

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One parent brings up the child alone, it may be because of divorce or the other parent has passed away, or the child may not know its father because it may of been a one night stand

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