Family Structures

Family Structures

Learning Target: I can

• identify the various structures of families.

• compare similarities and differences among families,

Multiple Choice

Family includes two or more people brought together by blood, marriage, adoption, or a desire for mutual support.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

This family consists of 2 parents and their children.

• adoptive family

• blended family

• single parent family

• nuclear family

Nuclear Family

• "typical family"

• Mom, dad, and children.

Multiple Choice

This family is a family with just one parent.

• adoptive family

• blended family

• single parent family

• nuclear family

A single parent family is

• mom raising the children.

• dad raising the children.

Multiple Choice

This is a family who has welcomed a child born to another family legally as their own child.

• adoptive family

• blended family

• guardian family

• nuclear family

Adoptive Family

• An adoptive family is a family who has welcomed a child born to another into their family and legally adopted that child as their own.

• The adoptive family can vary in age, race, nationality, and gender

Multiple Choice

This family is when two single parent families come together to create a bigger family.

• guardian family

• blended family

• extended family

• foster family

Blended Family

• a family consisting of a couple and their children from this and all previous relationships.

Multiple Choice

This family is people who may or may not be unfamiliar with the child, but want to take care of the child who cannot stay with their biological parents at the time. This is usually temporary

• childless

• adoptive family

• extended family

• foster family

Foster Families

• Foster parents are people who officially take a child into their family for a period of time, without becoming the child's legal parents.

• The child is referred to as their foster child.

• Also called a Guardian family

Multiple Choice

This family is where many relatives, like aunts, uncles, grandparents all live together or very close together.

• chosen family

• adoptive family

• extended family

• foster family

Extended Family

• a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one household.

Multiple Choice

These families usually don't include blood relatives; usually made up of friends or other supportive people.

• guardian family

• childless family

• extended family

• chosen family

Chosen family

• These are non-biological; friends, people who share things in common, are there to support you.

Multiple Choice

A family made up only of a couple, no children.

• guardian family

• childless family

• extended family

• chosen family

Childless Family

• There are couples who either cannot or choose not to have children.

• The childless family is sometimes the "forgotten family," as it does not meet the traditional standards set by society. 

• Childless families consist of two partners living and working together.

Multiple Choice

Family includes two or more people brought together by blood, marriage, adoption, or a desire for mutual support.

• True

• False