Family&Households: Topic 5- Changing family patterns~ Vital vocab Flashcards
What is an ’empty shell’ marriage?
Where the couple continues to live under the same roof but remain married in name only.
What is ‘living apart together’?
Couples living apart together have an intimate relationship but live separately.
What are ‘pure relationships’?
When individuals decide to carry on maintaining their relationship because it meets their emotional and sexual needs.
What is childbearing?
Giving birth to children.
What is childrearing?
The process of taking care and raising children.
What is chosen families?
Family based on the idea of ‘friendship as kinship’.
What is cohabitation?
An unmarried couple in a sexual relationship living together.
What is desertion?
Where one partner leaves the other but they remain legally married.
What is divorce?
The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court.
What is extended families?
A family that includes other relatives.
A family that includes other relatives.
Individuals becoming free to pursue his or her own interests.
What is legal separation?
Where a court separated the financial affairs to the couple but where they remain married and are not free to remarry.
What is lone parent families?
A mother/father who takes care of the child without the other partner.
What is a one person household?
A person living alone.
What is a re-marriage?
A second marriage.
