Different Kinds of Families Flashcards
Nuclear family
Two married parents with biological children living in one household. (Kids dependent on parents.)
Extended family
Three or more generations of the same family living together or close by, with frequent contact between grandparents, grandchildren, aunts cousins etc.
Lone-parent families
One adult with one or more dependent children living in one household.
Reconstituted families
When two nuclear families have broken up and merge to form a new family
Basically, think step-mother/father/brother etc.
Same sex families
Homoesexual/lesbian couples who have either one or more dependent children…
- From a previous relationship
- From adoption
Attenuated extended families
Nuclear families that live apart from their extended family, but keep in regular contact by phone or email.
“New man” nuclear family
A postmodern form of the nuclear family where the woman is the breadwinner and the man does the domestic work.
Beanpole families
A vertical extended family with few branches.
Few siblings and aunties, uncles cousins.
It has become more common with falling fertility rates.
Matrifocal lone parent family
The lone parent is the mother - courts tend to prefer mothers in child custody cases.
New Right says the lack of a male role model can lead to deviance and an underclass.
Patrifocal lone parent family
The single parent is the father.
Living Apart Together
Where a couple don’t cohabitate.
