types of family

• what is a NUCLEAR family ?

  a man his wife and a few biological children
• what is a BEANPOLE family ?

  a family where most generations end up having only one child
• what is a SINGLE-PARENT family ?

  a family with only one parent due to divorce or a death
• what is a RECONSTITUTED family ?

  a family where two people who were divorced form a new family
• what is an EXTENDED family ?

  a family containing other relatives (example : grandparents)
• what is a CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ?

  where people are together but not married
• what is COHABITATION ?

  when people are in a relationship and also live together