FAMILY STRUCTURES

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FAMILY STRUCTURES

• Nuclear
• Single Parent
• Step/Blended
• Multi-Generational/Extended
• Adoptive
• Foster

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Foldable

• Fold your paper like a hotdog and then into
  thirds to create six sections when opened.
• Write the heading and description of each family
  structure into the appropriate section.

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NuclearTwo married parents (mother father)
with biological children.
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Single Parent One parent (mother or father)
raising child or children due to death, divorce
or abandonment.
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Step/BlendedOne or both parents have been
married before bringing their children from the
previous marriage into the family. They may have
children together.
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Multi-Generational/Extended2 or 3 generations
living under one roof
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AdoptiveParents go through the courts to make
children legally their own. Adoptions can be
very diverse culturally speaking.
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FosterA child that is temporarily placed with a
family until the childs family problems are
settled.
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What Kind of Family Am I?

• 1. Has only one parent to fulfill many
  responsibilities and roles of parenting.
• 2. Includes stepchildren or half brothers and
  sisters.
• 3. Has grandparents living with the family.
• 4. Includes children who may have been born to
  other birth parents.
• 5. Parents and children are all blood related.

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• Power Point Created by Kim Graybill
• for East Juniata High School