PERDEV: Family Structure Flashcards
Family came from Latin word _____ which means _____
Familia - group of people living in the household
group of individuals living in a household and related by blood, birth, or other relationship
Famiy
Family is the _____ of society and the smallest _____ in the community. It comes with different forms.
- basic unit
- organization
It is also known as “conjugal” or “traditional” family, consisting of married couples and their offspring
EX. mother, father, children
Nuclear Family
This type of family includes all relatives in proximity, such as grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins, these relatives typically live together, and all share daily household duties.
EX. family living together, mother, father, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives in one roof
Extended Family
This family type includes one parent and their children only. A single parent family could be the result of a divorce, the death of one parent, or even parent adoption.
EX. father/mother with his/her children living in one household
Single Parent Family
A family where the parents have divorced and remarried, bringing children from other unions together to form a new nuclear family.
EX. mother, children, stepfather, and his kids
Step Family
A family includes a parent who serves a temporary guardian for one or more children to whom they may or may not be biologically related.
EX. parents, children, foster child
Foster Family
A family wherein parents may adopt a child to whom they share no blood relationship, or one parent may adopt the child of the other parent.
EX. parents (mother and father), adopted child
Adopted/Adoptive Family
A family wherein parents are from different races.
EX. Filipina mother, American father, children
Bi-racial or Multi-racial Family
A family wherein parents adopted a child with a different race
EX. American parents adopted Filipino children
Trans-racial Adoptive Family
A family wherein one of the family members is conditionally separated from the others. This separation may be due to their job or employment or could be due to hospitalization.
EX. family members are together except for the father working abroad
Conditionally Separated Family
Married couple without children
EX. mother and father only
Childless Family
A family wherein one or both parents has a different sexual orientation and is part of the LGBT community.
EX. lesbian mother and her children with a gay father
Gay or Lesbian Family
It is a family who settles together in a different place; it could be from one place to another due to some circumstances such as the father’s job.
EX. A family who migrated from a place because the father is a military officer
Migrant Family
