3 Main Factors, Changes in American Family:
1. more women work in the work force
2. high divorce rate
3. increase in the age at which people marry
divorce
legal agreement to end a marriage
nuclear family
couple and their child/childe living together in one household.
adoption
legal process by which parents take another person's child into their family to be raised on their on.
extended family
group of relatives living together or near each other.
blended family
consists of a biological parent, a stepparent, and the children of one or both parents.
foster family
an adult or couple who cares for children who biological parent are unable to care for them.
socialization
adult family members are also responsible for teaching children to behave in a way that is acceptable to the family and to society.
4 Sources of Family Stress:
1. illness
2. financial problems
3. divorce
4. drug abuse
separation
arrangement in which spouses live apart and try to work out their problems.
3 Types of Abuse:
1. physical
2. sexual
3. emotional
domestic violence
from one spouse to the other
emotional abuse
nonphysical, mistreatment of a person
physical abuse
physical harm to another person
sexual abuse
when an adult uses a child or adolescent for sexual purposes.
7 Characteristics of Healthy Families:
1. caring and commitment
2. respect and appreciation
3. empathy
4. communication
5. cooperation
empathy
ability to understand another person's thoughts or feelings.
sibling
brothers and sisters