Copy of Copy of Different Types of Families

Modern Families

Types of Families:

• Blended
• Single-parent
• Grandparent-led
• Foster
• Nuclear
• Cohabiting
• Commuter
• Same-Sex

When the adoptive or biological parents aren't

able to take care of the child anymore or if they die.

• increased by 40% in the past 10 years
• 6 million(8.4%) of all children under 18 live with grandparents

• fastest growing type of family
• 50%+ of all children spend some of their lives in a single-parent family.
• 88% of these families are headed by women.

Guess Who...?

one parent lives at home and the other parent comes home for short periods of time.

• 817,000 children under 18 live with a commuter.
• 60% of commuter adults are involved in the army.

when a man and woman are living together but aren't married or when two men or two women are living together.

• increased in 2006 from 1.4 million to 2.3 million
• while the number of married families fell to 12.1 million.

when a child is raised by one or two gay or lesbians parents. The child can be adopted or conceived using assisted reproductive technologies.

• ~ 65,500 adopted children are living with a lesbian or gay parent.
• More than 16,000 adopted children are living with same sex parents in California

by Angu Walters

The Happy Family

Single Parent Family

only one parent

Cohabiting Family

Evolution

• Blended
• Single-parent
• Nuclear
• Cohabiting

Commuter Family

• 510,000 children in foster care
• 32% are between the ages of 0 and 5
• 28% are between the ages of 6 and 12
• 40% are between the ages of 13 and 21

Foster Statistics

childcare workers provide a substitute family for children

Foster

Nuclear Statistics

• men work; women stay at home - 28% of all households.
• women work;men stay at home - 2% of families
• 70% both work.

Same-Sex Family

So... What is a family?

• People you love, who have nurtured you, and give you tools to help you survive on your own one day.
• Foundation of Society.
• All kinds of families are built on love.

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Blended Family

created by divorce and remarriage

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Tv5f3agDw>

Blended Statistics

• 48% of all first marriage will eventually end in divorce
• Re-marriage has become commonplace, with 79% of women and 89% of men will marry again within 5 years
• 43% of marriages today in America involve a 2nd or 3rd (re)marriage
• 68% of re-marriages involve children from prior marriages

Grandparent Lead Families

Nuclear Family

Traditional Family