ALTERNATIVES TO FAMILY

(a)   households refer to individuals who choose to live alone rather than with a family or partner.

Friends can serve as (a)   by providing love and emotional support, especially for people who lack close family ties.

(a)   households involve groups of unrelated individuals sharing living spaces and responsibilities.

The Israeli (a)   was an example of collective child-rearing, where the community took responsibility for raising children.

(a)   refers to children who are raised by foster parents or in residential children’s homes instead of their biological parents.

(a)   are communities that emphasize collective living, with adults and children living and working together as a group.

Among the (a)   , there was no concept of the nuclear family, and the mother's brother was responsible for supporting the mother and her children.