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Types of Family Structures

Traditional or
Nuclear family

• Married couple and


one or more
children

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Types of Family Structures

Single-parent family
• One parent, either the
mother or the father,
and one or more
children who all reside
together.
• Single parents may be
divorced, widowed,
unmarried, or
abandoned.
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Types of Family Structures

Blended family

• Married couple, their


children and their
children from previous
marriages

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Types of Family Structures

Childless couple

• Married couple without


children

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Types of Family Structures

Multigenerational
household
• Nuclear, single-parent,
blended, childless, or
foster families, plus
other relatives, such as
grandparents, aunts,
uncles, and cousins,
who reside together
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Types of Family Structures

Foster family

• Families who care for


children when their
parents are unable to
care for them

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Types of Family Structures

Single person

• Single adult living alone

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Types of Family Structures

Grandparents as
parents

• Grandparents take the


role of parents when
parents are not able or
willing to care for their
children

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