Child development

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What is a nuclear family?
Where the parents and children live together with limited contact with other relatives
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What is an extended family?
Parents and children live together with relatives such as grandparents living with or near them
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What is a single parent family?
One parent looks after the child/ren
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What is a foster family?
When a child is care for by a family temporarily
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What is an adoptive family?
When a child legally and permanently belongs to another family
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What is a shared care family?
When parents separate but share the care of their children equally
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What is a step family?
When a parent with children from previous relationships remarry or cohabit
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What is an extended family?

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Parents and children live together with relatives such as grandparents living with or near them

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What is a single parent family?

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What is a foster family?

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What is an adoptive family?

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