Wednesday 30 September 2009

Family


In sociology researchers have looked at the different types of families that are present in today's society and have been around in the past.

The family is a group of people who are blood related or who maybe linked by ties of kin. there are different types of family and they are:

Nuclear families- these are the stereotypical family where there are two parents, a child or two and maybe even a pet, all living under the same roof.

Extended family- this is a family that exists where the parents are living with the children and within the same house there are aunts, uncles and even grandparents.

Re- constituted- this is when the parents remarry another partner and the children are brought into the new family.

Lone parents- this is where there is only one parent either a mum or a dad who bring up the children.

Same Sex marriage/partnership- this is where two men or two women live together in a family environment in a or a form of marriage.

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