Flashcards on Understanding Family Structures and Dynamics
Understanding Family Structures and Dynamics: A Student Guide
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Family Structure and Relations
19 cards
Card 1
Question: What members make up a traditional family?
Answer: A mother, father and their children living together in one home.
Card 2
Question: What does it mean when more generations live together in a family?
Answer: Grandparents, parents and grandchildren live together in the same household.
Card 3
Question: Which extended relatives often meet regularly in many families?
Answer: Cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Card 4
Question: What is a single parent?
Answer: A parent who is raising a child or children alone, often after divorce or the death of the other parent.
Card 5
Question: What is a stepfamily and who are stepparents and stepchildren?
Answer: A stepfamily is formed when someone remarries; stepparents are the new spouses and stepchildren are the children from a previous relationship.
Card 6
Question: What does it mean for a family to be functioning?
Answer: Its members are happy together and tolerate each other.
Card 7
Question: When do most young people get married, according to the text?
Answer: In their late twenties or early thirties.
Card 8
Question: Why is it difficult for young couples today to start a family?
Answer: They want to finish studies, build a career, and need to earn enough money to become independent.
Card 9
Question: How has the role of young fathers changed today?
Answer: They spend a lot of time with their children and do more housework than in the past.
Card 10
Question: What should parents teach their children?
Answer: What is good and bad, how to solve problems, and to care about others.