The Family

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Functionalist support this family type.
Nuclear Family
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Refers to when adult children may remain in the family home for much longer than would have been common in the past
Boomerang Children
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Refers to people who share a house and its facilities.
Household
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There are fewer people in each generation but they live longer
Beanpole Family
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Regular families but the couple is not married
Unmarried with children
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At least one of the two partners has a child or children from a previous relationship living with them.
Reconstituted
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Refers to when many people live together or form families without marriage - often delaying a wedding or choosing not to marry
Cohabitation
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When two or more people parent a child but they have never been in a romantic relationship, married or cohabiting
Co-parenting
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Same-sex couples
Civil Partnership
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Refers to the patterns of relationship and sense of duty that people feel towards those they see as family.
Kinship
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Couples have a household each although they maintain a relationship
Living Apart Together
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Card 2

Front

Refers to when adult children may remain in the family home for much longer than would have been common in the past

Back

Boomerang Children

Card 3

Front

Refers to people who share a house and its facilities.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

There are fewer people in each generation but they live longer

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Regular families but the couple is not married

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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