Families & Households - Defining The Family Flashcards
What is a household?
A person living alone or a group of people living together (e.g. sharing meals, bills, housework etc.) who may or may not be related to each other
What is the family?
A married, civil-partnered or cohabiting couple with/without kids or a lone parent with at least one child who lives at the same address. The kids may be dependent or not dependent.
What is the broader sense of the family?
A family tree
What is the narrower sense of the family?
Parents living with their children (unit)
What are the 4 different types of family?
Nuclear family
Reconstituted family
Single-parent family
Extended family
What is the nuclear family?
2 parents with their biological kids living in 1 household
What is the reconstituted family?
2 partners living in 1 household sharing parental duties for 1 or more children but only 1 is the biological parent
What is the single parent family?
1 adult with 1 or more kids living in 1 household
What is the extended family?
Relatives (e.g aunts/uncles/grandparents) residing permanently in the same household as those making up the nuclear family
