Family Structure

FAMILYSTRUCTURE

Family structure is vital to the development of every individual because it affects the family dynamics such as how family members behave and interact. It also facilitates the families in providing basic economic and resource love, feelings of value and competence, companionship, and shared values.

1. Nuclear Family

Nuclear families, also known as elementary or traditional families, consist of two parents (usually married or common law) and their children. Nuclear families may have one or more children who are biological or adopted, but the main idea is that the parents are raising their kids together in the family home.

2. Single Parent

Single parent families consist of one parent with one or more kids. In these cases, the parent either never married, is widowed, or divorced. A mother or father raising kids alone is not that uncommon anymore, and like any other family type single parent homes have their pros and cons.

3. Extended Family

Extended families are families with two or more adults who are related through blood or marriage, usually along with children.

4. Childless Family

Childless families are families with two parents who cannot have or don't want kids. In the world of family types and dynamics, these families are often forgotten or left out (even though you can still have a family without children).

5. Stepfamily

A stepfamily is when two separate families merge into one. This can go several different ways, like two divorced parents with one or more children blending families, or one divorced parent with kids marrying someone who has never been married and has no kids. A stepfamily is when two separate families merge into one. This can go several different ways, like two divorced parents with one or more children blending families, or one divorced parent with kids marrying someone who has never been married and has no kids.

6. Grandparent Family

The final family type and the least common of them all is the grandparent family. A grandparent family is when one or more grandparent is raising their grandchild or grandchildren. The final family type and the least common of them all is the grandparent family. A grandparent family is when one or more grandparent is raising their grandchild or grandchildren.