W3 - Family Structures

• Family


  A basic unit of society. A group of individuals living together under the same roof.

  It also refers to two or more person who share resources responsibility values and commitment over time.
• A typical filipino family

  The father is assumed as the head of the home, provider, and protector. A mother assumes the nurturing role and takes charge of the domestic needs of the family.
• Family structure


  Considered a family support system which involves two married individuals providing care and stability for their biological offspring.
• Types of family structures

  Nuclear, extended, single-parent, step, adoptive, homosexual, childless, grandparent, foster
• Nuclear family


  It is considered the traditional family, a family unit consisting of a mother, father, and children
• Extended family


  A family that consists of a father, mother, children, along with other relatives living under the same roof
• Single-parent family


  This can either be a father or mother who is singly responsible for the raising of a child
• Step family


  This type of family consists of a new husband, wife, or spouse, and their children from a previous marriage or relationship
• Adoptive family


  This type consists of a one or more of the children that have been adopted
• Transracial adoptive family


  Refers to a family where the parents adopted a child that has different racial group with them
• Homosexual family


  This family consists of same sex parents and their children. It can be a two parent family, an adoptive family, a single parent, or extended family
• Childless family


  This type of family consists of couples who either cannot or choose to not have children
• Grandparent family


  This family has a grandparent-grandchild relationship in a family and no parent-child relationship.
• Foster family


  A family where one or more of the children is a temporary member of a household