The legal process of transferring a child's parental relationship from his or her birthparents to state-approved parents.

Provides a substitute family for a child with all the legal rights and responsibilities of the biological parents who have temporarily had those rights removed.

A child is born to biological parents and also related to brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Related or unrelated adults who are court appointed to legally raise children, but who never legally adopt them.

Family members with whom a person lived during childhood.

The stages of family development that expand and contract over a period of time from marriage through old age.

The responsibilities a family has for its members and how the family carries out these responsibilities.

A family who includes one parent and his or her biological or adopted children.

Can include all relatives living in the same household such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Includes a married couple and the children one or both of them bring from a previous relationship to form a new family.

Includes a husband, wife, and children they have together.

Retirement can give the couple the opportunity to focus on hobbies, interests.

The couple focuses on the coming birth.

The couple readjusts to being alone together again.

The marriage establishes a family unit.

Major goal is reorganizing the family to fit the world of school-age children.

Reorganizing the family as the children leave.

Dangers exist when parents do not monitor their child's exposure to violence, adult language, and themes.

Members share attitudes, beliefs, and personal priorities unique to their ethnic group.

The communication process has been improved with cell phones & email.

A major component of activities and pace is where a family lives such as cities or small towns.

Leisure time activities are an example of choices that reflect family priorities.

Meant to help parents with children who are out of control

Helps parents and caregivers learn ways to raise responsible children who are able to resist negative peer pressure.

Parents set limits/rules for their children in a loving way.

Systematic Training for Effective Parenting

The idea that people are born with a single intelligence that can be measured.

Parent Effectiveness Training

Children in adoptive families, foster families, and in families headed by guardians came to their families through a legal process.

Each person goes through all of the stages in the family life cycle.

Culture has little influence over families and their parenting practices.

Most people assume one role in a family.