FAMILY

A family is a group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption who live together; all such related persons are considered as members of one family.

Common Family Types

  • Nuclear families.
  • Single-parent families.
  • Extended families.
  • Childless families.
  • Stepfamilies.
  • Grandparent families
  • Monoparental family

 

 Nuclear family is a family group consisting of parents and their children (one or more), typically living in one home residence.

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Single or monoparental family : is a person who has a child or children but does not have a spouse or live-in partner to assist in the upbringing or support of the child.

Extended  Family:  a family that includes parents and children and other relatives (as grandparents, aunts, or uncles) in the same household.

Childless family: Childless families are families with two partners who cannot have or don't want kids.

A grandparent family is a family with grandchildren and no parents present in the intervening generation.

A stepparent is the spouse of someone's parent, and not their biological parent, stepfather being the male spouse and stepmother the female spouse. A step-grandparent is the step-parent of someone's parent, and not someone's biological grandparent, stepgrandfather being the male one, and stepgrandmother the female one.

 

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