Types of Family

Family

Nuclear

A heterosexual couple and their biological children

Reconstituted

A remarriage with at least one child from one spouse

Modified

The family live apart but are still in contact

Single

A one person household

Gay/Lesbian

A household where the parents are a same sex couple

Patriarchal

A male figure has authority over the family

Matriarchal

A female figure has authority over the family

Symmetrical

All responsibilities are evenly shared out in the family

Beanpole

A family with less children and more of the older generations

Family

A group of one or more parents and a child/children

Classic extended

Three or more generations living together

Extended

People related to, but don’t live with the family

Household

Somewhere and it’s occupants living as a unit

Lone parent

One parent and their child/children