Family: Types and Traditions

The extended family includes

• Grandparents, aunts, and uncles

• Cousins, nephews, and nieces

• Both (a) and (b)

What has been the result of the high rates of separation and divorce?

• Single-parent families are headed mostly by men

• Single-parent families are headed mostly by women

• Separated families

Financial independence is one way for American youths to establish autonomy.

• True

• False

What is a “blended family”?

• Family with two parents and children

• A single-parent family

• Remarry and bring both sets of children into the marriage

Approximately ___ divorced couples eventually remarry other people

• 2/3

• 4/5

• 1/4

• 1/3

What does "to leave the nest" mean?

• Go to the nest of new parents

• Try to be like a bird and fly

• Leave home permanently

Who is considered a senior citizen?

• People over 45 years old

• People over 20 years old

• Usually over the age of 60

Many elderly people choose to live alone and away

from their children reinforces the idea that:

• Society is completely unconcerned with the elderly

• The elderly are wealthy enough to live alone

• The elderly are often independent on their grown children

• Their children abandoned them

What does "a breadwinner" mean?

• A person who earns money to support a family

• A person who puts bread on the table

• A mother who wins a bread-baking contest

What does "a housewife" mean?

•  A woman who is married to a house

• Female home decorator

• A married woman who doesn't work outside the home

• A married woman like doing houseworks