Week 4🔸Family & Growing `Up

relative

a person in your family

related to sb

connected by family

immediate family (close family)

your closest relatives, e.g. parents, siblings, children

extended family (distant family)

relatives outside your close family

siblings

brothers and sisters

only child

a child with no brothers or sisters

bring up

to raise and educate a child

raise a child

to take care of a child until they grow up

upbringing

the process of bringing sb up / raising a child

family reunion

when people of the same family come together after a long time

single parent

a mother or father who brings up a child alone

first cousins

aunt/uncle’s children

second / third cousins

more distant family branches

relate to sth

to understand a situation because you have had a similar experience

in-laws

your partner’s family, e.g. mother-in-law, brother-in-law

step-relatives

family members connected by marrying again, e.g. stepmother, stepbrother

like father, like son

an idiom used to say that a son often acts or looks like his father

newborn

a baby that has just been born

cot (US crib)

a small bed for a baby

rock a baby

to move a baby gently to help them sleep

toddler

a child who is learning to walk

crawl

to move on hands and knees

use the potty

to use the toilet,used for small children

be married to sb

to have a husband or wife

adopt a child

to legally take sb else's child into your family and become their parent

care for / take care of

to look after sb and give them what they need

strict

expecting people to follow rules

set rules

to tell sb exactly what they must or must not do

supportive

showing that you want to help and encourage sb