Families

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What is a Nuclear Family?
A traditional family with a mother and a father with children, the male is the breadwinner (earner) and the female is a stay at home wife
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What is an Extended Family?
A family which extends beyond the nuclear family to include grandparents and other relatives
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What is a Patriarchal Family?
A family where the father is the authority figure
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What is a Matriarchal Family?
A family where the mother is the authority figure
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What is a Symmetrical Family?
A family which both the husband and wife do paid employment and both do some housework and provide childcare
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What is a Reconstituted Family?
Where two sets of children become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
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What is a Lone-Parent Family?
A family consisting of one parent and a child or children who live together
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What is a Beanpole Family?
A family which consists of many generations with a few who keep in contact with each other
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What is a Gay/Lesbian/LGBTQI Family?
A family led by a gay or lesbian couple
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What is a Single Person Household?
One person living alone
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What is an Extended Family?

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A family which extends beyond the nuclear family to include grandparents and other relatives

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What is a Patriarchal Family?

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What is a Matriarchal Family?

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What is a Symmetrical Family?

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