What is family Flashcards
The basic unit of society
Family
What is the average age range for starting a family or to get pregnant
18-35
Maximum amount of kids according to the DOH
4
Ideal gap between children according to the DOH
2 years
Birth control method involving exclusive breast feeding after birth to prevent pregnancy
Lactational amenorrhea
Basic family compromised by the parents and children
Nuclear family
Family living with relatives and cousins
Extended family
Both parents work to sustain and provide for the family
Dual career family
Both parents work but with jobs in different places
Commuter
Family with parents under 18
Adolescent
A parent is left to care for the child on their own (widowed / divorced)
Single parent
People take in a child to provide and care for them
Foster families
Couple had pre existing families and children, and may have additional children with one another
Blended
Persons living under same roof (live in)
Cohabiting family
People of the same sex live together
Gay-lesbian family
Lives alone
Single adult living alone
One man with several spouses
Compound
Husband and woman living together but with adult children who have moved out
Nuclear-dead families
Several nuclear families that live in one roof
Kin-network
Full authority on father
Patriarchal
Full authority on mother
Matriarchal
Less amount of authority instead they make decisions together
Egalitarian
Everyone is involved in decision making
Democratic
High demands but low responsiveness. Parents have high expectations
Autocratic