Family Types
Two parents and their biological child or children who live together
Nuclear Families
What is the first step in solving a problem?
Identify the Problem (what, when, and where is it happening)
What is the beginning stage?
A couple marries and determines whether they want to become parents, then if so they decide what they want to do further with that.
Shared values
Made up of one parent and his or her child or children
Single-Parent Family
What is step 2 to solving a problem?
Look at the solutions and alternative solutions
What is the childbearing stage?
The couple starts having children.
Acceptance
Everyone in the family is considerate of other family members as well as themselves
Forms when one or both adults in the relationship have children from a previous relationship living in the home
Stepfamilies and Blended Families
What are steps 3 and 4 in solving a problem?
Analyze and Select a possible solution
What is the launching stage?
The couple's children begin leaving home to attend college, find a job, and live on their own.
Willingness
The ability to be willing to do anything for anyone in your family and/or adjust to their needs
An adoption in which identifies of the birth parents and adopting family are not revealed
Closed Adoption
What is step 5 in solving a problem?
Implement a Solution
What is the mid-years stage?
The couple faces an empty nest when all of their children leave home and they may feel a void in their lives.
Sharing of Responsibilities
Everyone has equal things they do in the family when it comes to getting things done.
A person who is legally appointed by the court to take responsibility for a child in the event of the birthparents' death or extended absence
Guardian