Families in the world

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Families in the world

A foster family

Such a family provides a child with a substitute family.

A blended family

The relationships within these families may be complicated.

children who are born into the family are half-brothers, and half-sisters to the existing children.

A blended family consists of a husband and wife, at least one of whom has children from a previous relationship

A nuclear family

One of the advantages of a nuclear family is that the responsibility of raising children can be shared.

The children would love one another annuclear family structure offers opportunities for several close relationships.

Such a family consists of a mother, a father, and their children.

An adoptive family

Reasons for adopting children may vary

An adoptive family includes children born to other parents, i.e. adopted children are not biologically linked to their parents

A single-parent family

This is the fastest growing family structure in the world.

consists of one parent and his or her children.

Single-parenting can be rewarding as well as challenging.

An extended family

A family can be a real mixture of different personality types.