Family Issues

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They ____________ a baby. = taking someone else's child into your home and legally become its parent

It is important to ____________ the elderly. = to look after someone who is not able to look after themselves

They are not ____________ related. =a child's parent through birth, rather than through adoption

She is a ____________. = has one or more children but is raising them on her own.

Many Americans ________ before they get married. = when two people are in a relationship, not married, but live in the same house

How many ________ do you have? = brothers or sisters

People brought their ________ to the company party. = husband or wife

He was _________ by his grandmother. = taking care of sb as they grow up/become an adult

artificial insemination

She got pregnant through ___________. = the medical process of making a woman pregnant without sex

My __________ is very nice. = wife's or husband's mother

My _________ is a great guy. = wife's or husband's father

They are __________. = a married couple is not living together but they are still married by law

on my father's side

My grandmother __________ was from Poland. = relatives that are connected to my father.

She is a _______. = a woman whose husband died

He is a ________. = a man whose wife has died

His grandmother _________ last week. = a more polite way to say someone died

I __________ well with my brothers.= to have a friendly relationship with someone.

extended family

He has a big __________. = family members besides parents and brothers and sisters

The _________ is the traditional image of a family. = a family with a mother, father, and children

He didn't like his ________. = a woman who is married to your father but who is not your mother

He brought his ________ to the party. = a word used to describe a husband or wife. Often used with gay couples

They are not __________ married. = by law

invitro fertilization

The couple needed to use _________ to get pregnant. = a process in which the egg and sperm are connected outside the woman's body

She wanted to have a baby but wasn't married so she went to a _______ bank. = the cells that a man makes and which connect with a woman's egg to make a baby

be close to someone

He is very _______ to his parents.= when people like or love each other a lot

Sometimes people ________. = when two people's relationship/connection become weaker.

She wasn't able to ____________. = when a baby is first made

Some couple have _________ problems. = the ability to have a baby/get pregnant

domestic violence

__________ is a big problem in the U.S. = when family members hurt each other

Sometimes the government will __________ a child from their family if there is a safety issue. = take away

She got __________ when she was just 16. = when a woman is going to have a baby.

He pays __________ every month. = money that a court orders someone to pay regularly to their former wife or husband after their marriage has ended

They got __________ a few years ago. = when a couple ends a marriage

The mother often gets __________ of the children after a divorce. = he right to take care of a child, given to one of their parents when they have gotten divorced

Sometimes a woman can be the main __________ in a family. = the person who earns a lot of money in a family

Sometimes families have to live __________ if one person has a job far away. = not together

Sometimes grandparents will __________ the children if the parents can't. = take care of/raise

In the last fifty years, the __________ of women in the family has changed a lot. = the way in which someone is involved in an activity or society

His family is quite __________ in many ways. = similar to most others

She was quite young when she got pregnant and decided to have an __________. = a medical procedure to end a pregnancy

He was physically and emotionally __________. = treating someone in a cruel or violent way; hurt

In many cultures, it is very important to __________ one's elders. = to admire someone and treat them well

They didn't want to get pregnant, so they used __________. = things people use so they can have sex without getting pregnant

Some children __________ from home if there are problems in their families. = escape from a place, usually that you don't like

He was kind of the __________ of the family. = a person that other members of the family see as a failure or embarrassment

She __________ her father in many ways. = is similar to

They decided to __________ in Pleasant Hill. = live somewhere for a long time; make a place their home

The kids were ready to __________. = when children go to live on their own away from their parents

a silver spoon in her mouth

She was born with __________. = when a child is born into a rich family and is given everything

Both of their kids are off to college, so now they are __________. = parents whose children have left home.

My parents main _____________ is my health. = feeling of worry about something important.

They __________ themselves to be a family. = think or believe something is true

Recently, same-sex couples have gotten the ________ marry in many states in the U.S. = something that you are morally, legally, or officially allowed to do or have:

They wanted their marriage _________ by the government. = to be officially accepted that an organization, government, document etc has legal or official authority

They wanted to do a _______ test. =the fact of being the father of a particular child, or the question of who the child's father is:

maternity leave

In the U.S. women usually do not get a long _________. = time off after a woman has had a baby

retirement home

They want to move their grandmother into a _________. = a place where elderly people can live and get extra care

China has a one-child _____. = a way of doing something that has been officially agreed upon by a government or organization

They were charged with child _______. = failure to look after something or someone

_______ is allowed in some countries. = the practice of having more than one husband or wife at the same time

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