A large variety of people live differently in our society today. There are many different family structures that people are part of today. Some types of families are nuclear family, blended family, teen parenting, split custody, single parent, same-sex marriage, and adoption. A nuclear family is also known as a traditional family, a family unit that includes two married parents and their one or more children living in the same household. Going back a couple of decades ago a parent, usually the mother would often stay at home to watch the kids, clean the house, cook and do household chores. Now in order to live comfortably both parents often work as children are in school or daycare. Some parents also do night shifts in order to have one
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In today’s society sing parent families have become more common than the nuclear family. Although it is common there is a lot of work put into it as well, juggling caring for the children, maintaining a job and keeping up with the bills and household chores. Some problems a single parent may face are visitation and custody, and the effects of continuing conflict between the parents. Some problems that may affect the child less opportunity for parents and children to spend time together, effects of the breakup on children 's school performance and peer relations, and disruptions of extended family relationships. This may occur if parent separate, one parent passed, or someone adopted because they wanted a child. Same-sex marriage is when two people from the same gender get married to become a family. A family doesn’t have to mean having children it can just be a married couple. Often when the same sex gets married and if they want children in a male’s case one of the guys can get a girl pregnant normally a friend to have their child. In a case where two women get married and kids they as well can have a friend get them pregnant or they can go to a sperm bank to have one of the women get pregnant. Both male and females can adopt children instead of the other
In today’s society sing parent families have become more common than the nuclear family. Although it is common there is a lot of work put into it as well, juggling caring for the children, maintaining a job and keeping up with the bills and household chores. Some problems a single parent may face are visitation and custody, and the effects of continuing conflict between the parents. Some problems that may affect the child less opportunity for parents and children to spend time together, effects of the breakup on children 's school performance and peer relations, and disruptions of extended family relationships. This may occur if parent separate, one parent passed, or someone adopted because they wanted a child. Same-sex marriage is when two people from the same gender get married to become a family. A family doesn’t have to mean having children it can just be a married couple. Often when the same sex gets married and if they want children in a male’s case one of the guys can get a girl pregnant normally a friend to have their child. In a case where two women get married and kids they as well can have a friend get them pregnant or they can go to a sperm bank to have one of the women get pregnant. Both male and females can adopt children instead of the other