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15 Cards in this Set
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there are_______ types of families nuclear and extended
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nuclear family
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one husband one wife living together with their children
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extended family
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consist of several generations, possibly living in the same house having relatives in the niegborhood
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Monogamy
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one husband and one wife
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Commune
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families and single people live together. Each has a single job and babies and children are put into nurseries and communal homes
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single parent
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either a man or a woman for a variety of reasons, parents the child or children alone
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the elderly
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the eldest family member remains the head of the household, such as when a child grows up with his or her parents in the home of the grandparents
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step parent
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the child or children grow up with a non-biological parent due to a re-marriage
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sibling
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only the children live together the oldest child is normally responsible for the welfare of others
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reversed roles
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the wife takes leadership of the home and goes to work while the husband rears the children and cares for the home
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polygamy
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a family with one husband and several wives
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arranged marriages
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the marriage is arrange by the parents
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polyandry
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a family with one wife and several husbands
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Same sex (gender) families
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the biological parent raises the child or children with a companion of the same sex
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family funtions
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controlling sexual behavior, basis for having and rearing children, teach us the acceptable way to behave and customs and traditions of our society, allows wealth and prosperity, allows wealth and prosperity to be passed on to new generations, forms the group in which most humans spend most of their time, gives husband and wife certain economic rights and responsibility
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