Families

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Families

• A Short Presentation About the Nature of the
  Family in Present Day British Society

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What Does the Term Family Mean?

• For some it is the people that they live with.
• There may or may not be a blood link.

• For others it includes those people who live a
  long way away. Cousins aunties and uncles and
  even god parents etc.

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And the rest?

• For others the idea of a family also includes
  ancestors who have long been dead.
• A family tree sets out the history of a family
  and enables a person to see all the different
  families that he or she belongs to.
• I have traced my family trees back to the C18
  C19 on many lines. Dont ask me any questions
  I will go on for ever!!!

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Households. Is This Term the Same As Family?

• NO
• A household could be a complete mixture of people
  who are not related to each other. E.g. students
  or a house share.

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Types of Family The Nuclear

• Also thought by some as the normal or typical
  family
• Consists of man and woman and 2 / 3 children
• In the past it would have been assumed that they
  were married

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Types of Family - Extended

• This is simply the nuclear family with others
  added to it.
• For example grandparents this is vertical
  extension
• Other relatives mean that it horizontally extended

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Type of Family - Reconstituted

• This happens when two families come together to
  form one family
• It frequently occurs when two people who have
  been divorced merge their families

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Type of Family Lone Parent

• Usually caused by divorce or separation
• The death of a parent was the more frequent cause
  of lone parenting in the past

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Type of Family Empty nest

• The nuclear family is now just mum and dad
• The children have flown the nest
• All that are left are memories!!!
• And a long wait for grandchildren!!!!!!