Unit 4: Relationships within the Family
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Blended Family | either or both spouses have been married before and have one or more children from a previous marriage |
| Chosen Role | role a person voluntarily assumes such as husband, wife or mother |
| Cooperative Family | a group of people that live together that share a common bond and common resources |
| Crisis | an unstable or critical situation in which the outcome will make a decisive difference for better or worse |
| Dysfunctional Family | a family system in which one or more family members do not fulfill their responsibilities throwing the system out of balance |
| Extended Family | several generations of a family that live together |
| Family | is a person or group of people joined together by blood, marriage, adoption, or other bonds who are committed to each other and provide emotional support |
| Family Life Cycle | the five stages of change through which families pass and contract in size |
| Foster Family | procides children with substitute families while their parents are uable to care for them |
| Functional Family | family in which the members relate to eachother in positive ways |
| Given Role | role acquired when a person is born into a family, such as a son, daughter, sister or brother |
| Nuclear Family | made up of a married couple and their biological or adopted children |
| Procreation | reproduction, process by which two living beings, a male and a female, create a third living being that is different from both father and mother |
| Sibling | a brother or sister |
| Single Parent Family | occurs as the result of divorce, separation, death or having children outside of marriage |
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