Family Structures
This family structure includes one parent raising a child or children due to death, divorce, or abandonment.
Single Parent
George and Kim have been married for 7 years. They have two biological children, ages 2 and 4. What family structure is this?
Nuclear
This family function involves parents keeping children safe.
Protection
These are the 3 basic physical needs.
This stage of the family life cycle is when 2 people start their life together, settle into a home, and start their careers.
Marriage
This family structure includes more than 2 generations living under one roof.
Multi- generational
James and Anna have 2 biological children, as well as one additional child who is staying with them temporarily until things settle down at her home. What type of family structure is this?
Foster
This family function includes playing sports and going on vacations.
Recreation
This is the first stage of the family life cycle.
Marriage
This stage is when the children have all left home, the couple becomes grandparents and retires from their careers.
Empty Nest Years
This family structure is when one or both parents have been married before, bringing their children from the previous marriage into the family. They may have children together.
Michelle lives with her 3 teenage children. She has custody of them full time on her own. What family structure is this?
Single Parent
This family function involves making sure children are in school and have what they need to succeed in school.
Education
After Ashlyn failed her math test and then found out she didn't make the basketball team, she couldn't wait to get home, because she knew her parents would help lift her spirits. They were always there for her no matter what. What family function is this an example of?
Love and Support
This stage is when children begin to develop interests outside the home and may begin working.
Teenage years
This family structure includes two married parents and their biological children.
Nuclear
Joe and Karen travelled to Ethiopia to adopt their daughter. What type of family structure is this?
Adoptive
This family function includes parents earning money to purchase the family's needs and wants.
Financial/Economic
Adam and Amanda have a 3 year old daughter, and are expecting a little boy in the spring. Which stage of the family life cycle are they in?
Child-bearing years
During this stage, the couple begins to have children and guide them through the preschool and school-age years.
Childbearing years.
This family structure includes parents who have gone through the courts to make their children legally their own.
Adoptive
Tyrone is married to Kiera. Each of them has been married before, bringing their own children from those marriages into the family. What type of family structure is this?
Blended
This family function includes taking children to church and/or teaching them about their values and beliefs.
Spiritual/Religious
Byron and Tameka love traveling now that all their children have moved out. Their favorite trips are the ones they take to see their grandchildren! What stage of the family life cycle is this?
Empty Nest
In this stage, the children leave the home to marry, begin jobs, or attend school.
Launching years