Types of Families

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Types of Families

• Chapter 4

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People have a basic need for family

• 1) Childs first connection to the world
• 2) Provides a safe environment
• 3) Sense of belonging

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People have a basic need for family

• 4) Opportunity to love and be loved, to care
  and be care for, to help others and received help

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Nuclear

• mother, father, and at least one child all
  sharing in the same household.

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Nuclear

• can be formed with biological or adoptive
  children.

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Biological

• parents who conceive the child.

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Adoptive

• parents who, by a permanent legal process,
  become the parents.

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Extended

• family group includes additional relatives,
  i.e., grandparents, cousins, aunts/uncles.

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Single parent

• one parent and one or more children sharing a
  household.

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Blended

• consists of a married couple with at least one
  child from a parents previous relationship.

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Foster

• when an individual or couple have temporary
  legal responsibility for a child.

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Guardian

• when a judge (court) appoints an individual to
  provide temporary care for a child.

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Stepparent

• when an individual, as a result of marriage,
  become the caregiver for someone elses children,
  i.e., as in a blended family.

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Discussion???

• 1) Do you think any one family structure works
  better than the others? Explain.

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Discussion???

• 2) Why do some families decide not to have
  children?
• 3) In thinking about your own future, which
  structure would you choose for your family and
  why?