It is a family structure that consists of a man, woman, and one or more of their biological or adopted children. In most of these families, the man and woman are husband and wife.

The adoptive family can vary in age, race, nationality, and gender.

It includes parents and children co-reside with other members of one parent's family.

Members of the immediate family may include spouses, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters.

It consists of a grandparent, a brother, his sister, and her

children

It consists of a mother and her children.

It consists of a father and her children.

It is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship).

The purpose of families is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society.

Family, as the basic unit for meeting the basic needs of its members, it provides a sense of boundaries for performing tasks in a safe environment, ideally builds a person into a functional adult, transmits culture, and ensures continuity of humankind with precedents of knowledge.

In most societies, it is within families that children acquire socialization for life outside the family.

Ideally, families would offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and participate in the community.

The purpose of families is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society.

Household with adoptive children or parents are not considered as family.