Mapa mental
Different types of family
Mind map: different types of family
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Different types of family
Step family
- May result in more children
- Marry / Co-habit
- Formed when a couple, one of already has children
Single/Lone parent family
- Not living with spouse or partner
- Most of day-to-day responsibilities
Foster family
- Long or short term
- Parents can be in different types of relationships
- Thoroughly checked
- Provided with training
- Will be paid by local authority to look after child/children
- Contact with birth families
Adoptive family
- Permanent home
- Undergo extensive procedure to ensure they are suitable
- Child takes family name
- Finalised in court
Extended family
- Live in the same house or very close
- Extended by other members of family
- Similar to nuclear family
Nuclear family
- Live together in a home seperate from rest of the family
- Consists of parents and children