Child development- Family Types

Child development- Family Types

1. foster family

   • A family that looks after a child that is not there own for a temporary period of time.

2. single-parent family

   • Either the mum or dad in this family makes most of the everyday decisions.

3. Nuclear family

   • The parents and children live together as a family unit.

4. Adoptive family

   • A family where the legal parent of a child is not that the child's birth parents.

5. Shared-cared family

   • The parents are separated but take equal responsibility for looking after the child(ren)

6. Reconstitued family

   • A family with step-parents and step-children.

7. Extended family

   • A family where relatives live nearby and are involved in everyday life.

8. Same-sex family

   • The parents in this family are either both male or both female.