MODULE 11: Family Structures and Legacies Flashcards
It is considered a family support system which involves two married individuals
Traditional Family Structure
A family unit consisting of at most a father, mother and dependent children. It is considered the “traditional” family.
Nuclear family
A family consisting of parents and children, along with either grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins etc.
Extended family
Two families brought together due to divorce, separation, and remarriage.
Step Families
This can be either a father or a mother who is singly responsible for the raising of a child. The child can be by birth or adoption. They may be a single parent by choice or by life circumstances. The other parent may have been part of the family at one time or not at all.
Single Parent Family
A family where one or more of the children has been adopted. Any structure of family may also be an adoptive family.
Adoptive Family
A family where one or more of the children has been adopted. Any structure of family may also be an adoptive family.
Adoptive Family
A family where the parents are members of different racial identity groups.
Bi-racial or multi-racial family
A family where the parents are members of different racial identity groups.
Bi-racial or multi-racial family
A family where the adopted child is of a different racial identity group than the parents.
Trans-racial adoptive family
A family member is separated from the rest of the family. This may be due to employment far away; military service; incarceration; hospitalization. They remain significant members of the family.
Conditionally Separated Families
A family member is separated from the rest of the family. This may be due to employment far away; military service; incarceration; hospitalization. They remain significant members of the family.
Conditionally Separated Families
A family where one or more of the children is legally a temporary member of the household. This “temporary” period may be as short as a few days or as long as the child’s entire childhood.
Foster family
A family where one or both of the parents’ sexual orientation is gay or lesbian. This may be a two-parent family, an adoptive family, a single parent family or an extended family.
Gay or Lesbian family
A family where the parents have immigrated to another country as adults. Their children may or may not be immigrants. Some family members may continue to live in the country of origin, but still be significant figures in the life of the child.
Immigrant family
