Types of Families

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Nuclear
The parents and children live at home. Contact with other family members is limited, and practical help from other relatives isn't easily available because they usually live too far away
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Extended
Parents and grandparents live with or near to the relative. There is practical help with childcare and any emotional support
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Step
one parent has children that are not related to the other parent. Either one or both parents may have children from a previous relationship.
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Single Parent
A single parent (or solo parent) is a parent, not living with a spouse or partner, who has most of the day-to-day responsibilities in raising the child or children.
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Shared Care
In Shared Family Care (SFC), parent(s) and children are placed together in the home of a host family who is trained to mentor and support the parents as they develop skills and supports necessary to care for their children independently.
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Adoptive
Adoptive Parents have to pass rigourous by the social services.
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Looked after
Some children and young people have difficult life experiences that may mean local authorities .The situation may lead to the child or young person becoming ‘looked after’ by the
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Foster
Foster parents, then, are people — other than a kid's parents — who provide a safe place for kids to be cared for. They take kids into their homes and let them stay for a while.
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Card 2

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Parents and grandparents live with or near to the relative. There is practical help with childcare and any emotional support

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Extended

Card 3

Front

one parent has children that are not related to the other parent. Either one or both parents may have children from a previous relationship.

Back

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Card 4

Front

A single parent (or solo parent) is a parent, not living with a spouse or partner, who has most of the day-to-day responsibilities in raising the child or children.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

In Shared Family Care (SFC), parent(s) and children are placed together in the home of a host family who is trained to mentor and support the parents as they develop skills and supports necessary to care for their children independently.

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