Chapter 3 Test

Who is the parent that heads the household and has legal responsibility for caregiving?

A person who is legally appointed by the court to take responsibility for a child in the event of the birth parents' death or extended absence.

An adult provides a temporary home for a child who cannot live with his or her birth parents.

When a child from one pair of parents legally becomes the child of another parent(s).

The shared legal right to provide care for and make decisions about a child’s life.

A father, a mother, and their biological child or children live together. What type of family is this?

A parent who lives separately from his or her children.

Sending and receiving messages without using words.

A legal contract, ideally an emotional and social union, between two partners.

A family with members from two or more cultural groups.