Family Types

A nuclear family usually includes:

• A parent and adopted child

• A married couple and their children

• Grandparents and cousins

• Two friends living together

A single parent family is led by

• Two parents

• A grandparent

• One parent raising children

• No parent

Which family type may include step-siblings?

• Blended family

• Childless family

• Extended family

• Dual-career family

In an extended family, who might live together?

• Only husband and wife

• Just friends

• Parents, kids, and grandparents

• One parent and child

Which family type does not have children?

• Blended

• Extended

• Adoptive

• Childless

A dual-career family means both parents are working.

• TRUE

• FALSE

An adoptive family is always related by blood.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A blended family may form after a remarriage.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A single living or group living situation can include roommates.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Extended families never live in the same house.

• TRUE

• FALSE