A family includes the basic or immediate members of the family such as the mother, father and unmarried children. It is also referred as the “conjugal family”

A family is _____ when it is center on a woman and her children. The father is secondary in importance in this set up.

One or two of the parents remarried and brought the children to the current marriage.

A couple living together who are unmarries.

A single parent also known as solo parent is a parent who raises one or more children without the presence and even assistance of the other biological parent.

same sex couple living together possibly even with children.

an extended family living apart but still communicate via phone, email, Skype and other media networks.

The primary function of the family is to ensure the continuation of society, both biologically through procreation, and socially through socialization. Given these functions, the nature of one's role in the family changes over time.

The presence of the members whether many or few in numbers will not influence the process of socialization undergone by the individual.