Families

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Beanpole family
a family whose living members come from many generations, but with few members in each generation
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cohabitation
partners who live together without getting married
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Extended family
parents, their children and other more distant relatives
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Family
a group of two or more people linked by birth, marriage, adoption or cohabitation based on a long term relationhship
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Family diversity
the many different types of family structure that exist in contemporary society
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lone parent
a family with only a mother or father as a consequence of death, divorce or individual choice
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nuclear family
a family group consisting of parents and their children
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reconstituted or blended family
when two adults with children from previous relationships remarry or form a new family
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same sex family
families headed by a couple of the same sex
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partners who live together without getting married

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cohabitation

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parents, their children and other more distant relatives

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Card 4

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a group of two or more people linked by birth, marriage, adoption or cohabitation based on a long term relationhship

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Card 5

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the many different types of family structure that exist in contemporary society

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