Families in the world
An extended family
A family can be a real mixture of different personality
types.
A single-parent family
Single-parenting can be rewarding as well as challenging.
consists of one parent and his or her children.
This is the fastest growing family structure in the world.
An adoptive family
An adoptive family includes children born to other parents, i.e. adopted children
are not biologically linked to their parents
Reasons for adopting children may vary
A nuclear family
Such a family consists of a mother, a father, and their children.
The children would love one another annuclear family
structure offers opportunities for several close relationships.
One of the advantages of a nuclear family is that the responsibility of raising children can
be shared.
A blended family
A blended family consists of a husband and wife, at least one of whom has children
from a previous relationship
children who are born into the family are half-brothers,
and half-sisters to the existing children.
The relationships within
these families may be complicated.
A foster family
Such a family provides a child with a substitute family.