Definitions of families

census family

The ________ refers to a husband and wife (with or without children who have married regardless of age), couples living together (with or without children who have never married, from one or both partners), or a lone parent (with one or more children who have never married regardless of age) living in the same dwelling.

nuclear family

A(n) ________ is composed of two parents and their unmarried children living in the same household.

common law family

A(n) ________ is an unmarried couple, regardless of gender, with or without children.

Step family

stepfamily is any committed relationship where at least one of the partners has children from a previous relationship. In the past, stepfamilies were usually created when one partner or spouse (most often the mother) died, and the widow or widower remarried. Today, stepfamilies are more commonly formed after the dissolution of a marriage or common-law union.

Single parent family

A single-parent family is a family with only one parent, male or female.

The Demographic definition of family

The census family refers to a husband and wife (with or without children who have married regardless of age), couples living together (with or without children who have never married, from one or both partners), or a lone parent (with one or more children who have never married regardless of age) living in the same dwelling.

Emotional Defintion

Families aren’t marriages or homes or rules. Families are people who develop intimacy because they live together, because they share experiences that come over years to make up their uniqueness – the mundane, even silly, traditions that emerge in a group of people who know each other in every mood and circumstance. It is the intimacy that provides the ground for our lives.

What year was the year of the family?

1994

United Nations year of the family 1994

The family is referred to as the basic unit of society; it is appreciated for the important socio-economic functions that it performs. In spite of the many changes in society that have altered its role and functions, it continues it provide the natural framework for the emotional, financial, and material support essential to the growth and development of its members, particularly infants and children, and for the care of other dependents, including the elderly, the disabled and infirm. The family remains a vital means of preserving and transmitting cultural values. In the broader sense, it can, and often does, educate, train, motivate, and support its individual members, thereby investing in their future growth and acting as a vital resource for development.

What type of family did nuclear family replace?

Extended Family

Blended family

is a union where, in addition to one or both parents bringing children to the situation (as in a stepfamily), the new couple have had a least one child together.

Which organization made the encompassing definition of family?

United Nations

Which organization made the demographic definition of family?

Statistics Canada

Which organization made the functional definition of family?

Vanier Institute of the Family

Who made the emotional definition of family?

Moore Lappe of the Utne Reader

Why is a nuclear called a nuclear family?

It is so named because it is the “nucleus” or core around which other members of the family (aunts, uncles, and grandparents) may attach themselves.

What's the other name of a common law family?

Cohabitation Family

What are the 6 functions of family?

● Physical maintenance and care of group members;
● Addition of new members through procreation or adoption;
● Socialization of children;
● Social control of members;
● Production, consumption, and distribution of goods and services;
● Affective nurturance – love.

What is the Vanier Institute of the family?

The Vanier Institute of the Family is a national, independent, charitable research and education organization that conducts, facilitates and publishes research on the diversity and complexity of family life in Canada.

What year did the nuclear family replace the extended family?

1950's