House Layout
You learn interpersonal communication from this family type
Family of origin
Little talking, but a lot of decision making
Protective family
Marriage type with little companionship
Separate marriage
An idealized type of family that's less common nowadays
Nuclear family
Defined as behavior and attitudes we learn from our parents
Interactions
Includes aunt Leia, you parents' friend
Voluntary kin
Not much conversation and little authority
Laissez faire family
Marriage type where the couple doesn't limit each other's freedom
Family type where issues are likely to pop up due to differences
Blended Family
Stage of life when communication between siblings starts to increase again
Late adulthood
Family type that includes coworkers
Convenience family
Open conversations with little conformity
Pluralistic family
Mutual companionship and sharing
Traditional family
Fastest growing family type in the US
Single-Parent family
This is defined as "Communication rules"
Instruction
Your brother from another mother
Supplemental family
A lot of both talking and listening involved
Consensual families
The couple's schedules are often misaligned
Independent marriage
Includes grandparents
Extended family
The stage of life where siblings begin to drift apart
Early and middle adulthood
A father figure that you're not related to
Substitute family
Hippy parents
Laissez faire family
Marriage type where Ms. Wife changes her name to Mrs. Husband
Traditional marriage
Often stems from divorce
Single-Parent family
This is when your siblings are typically the most important to you
Childhood/Adolescence