7.1 Types of Families

​Welcome to Real World Parenting!
Lesson 7.1: Types of Families

​Do Now:
1) Connect to Wayground
2) Answer in the chat, how many siblings do you have?
3. Generate a new bingo card :)

​Lesson Objectives:
1) Define family
2) Identify different types of families and family composition
3) Recognize a typical family interaction that forms a bond.
4) Explain the advantages of and obstacles faced by different types of families

Vocab:
Adoption
Childless family
Extended family
Foster parents
Multigenerational families
Nuclear family
Single-parent family
Stepfamily

Open Ended

What is YOUR definition of a family? Who is included in YOUR family?

Families can look very different from one to the other!

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered an example of a multigenerational family?

• A household with only adults living together.
• A household with grandparents, parents, and children.
• A single-parent household with children.
• A family with only siblings and no parents or grandparents.

Multiple Select

Which of the following characteristics are included in the sociological definition of family? (Select 2)

• They are not related by marriage.

• They have no emotional connection.

• They share economic resources.

• They are related by genetics.

​Poll time!
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Match

Match the example of the family type with the image it relates to...

Same sex family

Extended family

Single parent family

Childless family

Grandparent family

• Same sex family

• Extended family

• Single parent family

• Childless family

• Grandparent family

Poll

Which stage is your family in?

• Beginning: Getting into a romantic relationship

• Developing: Parenting babies through adolescence

• Launching: Transitioning kids to adulthood and empty nest

• Retiring: Living in the senior years

Multiple Select

Which of the following would be considered a typical family interaction that forms a bond? (Select two)

• Going to a place of employment

• Attending a child's sporting event

• Paying bills

• Eating dinner together

Word Cloud

Regardless of type, families should make us feel .