Personal Development

is considered a

family support system that involves two married

individuals providing care and stability for their

biological offspring

A family unit consisting

of at most a father,

mother, and

dependent children. It

is considered the

“traditional” family.

A family consisting of parents and

children, along with either

grandparents, grandchildren, aunts

or uncles, cousins etc. In some

circumstances, the extended family

comes to live either with or in a

place of a member of the nuclear

family.

Two families brought

together due to

divorce, separation,

and remarriage

This can be either a father or a

mother who is singly

responsible for the raising of a

child. The child can be by birth

of adoption.

A family where one or more of

the children has been

adopted. Any structure of a

family may also be an

adoptive family.

A family where the parents

are members of different

racial identity groups

A family where the adopted

child is of a different racial

identity than the parents.

A family that consists of

members from two (or

more) previous families.

A family member is

separated from the rest

of the family.