Child Development/Parenti

ngAssessing The Parenting

Role

Family Systems

Family Forms• Families are very important.

Families have been defined as a group of two or more persons, related by blood, marriage, or adoption, who reside together in a household.

Nuclear Families

•A husband and wife and their children.

Extended Families•A family group consisting of parents, children, and other close relatives.

Blended Families

• A husband and wife, at least one of whom has at least one child from a previous relationship.

Single-Parent Families

• A family that is headed by one parent.

• Possible reasons

– Never married

– Death of a spouse

– Divorce

Adoptive Families• One or more

children not born into a family are made permanent members of that family.

Foster Families

• Formed when a couple or an individual assumes responsibility for the care of a child for an indefinite period of time.

It’s Your Turn

•The next 6 slides will be a review. Select the best answer that describes the type of family listed. If you need to review click the review button.

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•Single-Parent Families

• A. Husband and wife only

• B. The most traditional family

• C. Divorce may be the cause

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•Extended Families

• A. Mr. And Mrs. Wilbert Jackson

• B. Joy Jones and her son Jacob

• C. Taylor Pride, Joyce Pride, and Aunt Vanessa

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•Foster Families

• A. Lives with family permanently

• B. Lives with family for an indefinitely period of time

• C. Lives with birth parents

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•Nuclear Families

• A. Larry Turner, Jessica Turner,and Toni Bains - Jessica’s daughter

• B. Bob and Stacy Brown and son Bill

• C Oscar and son Phillip.

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•Blended Families

• A. Has at least one stepparent

• B. Lives with Aunts and Uncles

• C. Lives with only one parent

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•Adoptive Family

• A. Individual or family has arranged to have a child live with them permanently

• B. Living with birth parents and siblings

• C.Substitute family for a short period of time

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