Family Structure

Includes a mother, father, and alteast one child

• Extended
• Blended
• Nuclear

A legal process in which children enter a family they are not born into.

• Foster
• Guardian
• Adoption

A series of stages a family goes through

• Family trend cycle
• Family Life cycle

Begins by having a child by birth or adoption

• Parenthood
• Family life cycle
• Parenting Cycle

Need temporary home until parents can solve issues

• Foster
• Guardian

Includes either a mother or father and atleast one child

• Blended
• Single 
• Extended

If both parents die, other relatives may take children into their homes

• Adoption
• Guardians
• Foster

When a single parent marries someone with children 

• Blended family
• Extended family

Includes relatives other than a parent or child who live with them

• Nuclear
• Extended
• Blended

Being responsible enough to put someone else needs before you

• Parental maturity
• Emotional maturity