What is a family? - correct answer ✔✔two or more people who consider themselves related by birth,
marriage, or adoption (US CENSUS BUREAU DEFINITION)
What is a family?? - correct answer ✔✔A relationship by blood, marriage, or affection, in which
members may cooperate economically, may care for children, and may consider their identity to be
intimately connected to the larger group; includes fictive kin( THE JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
DEFINITION)
Why are definitions so important? - correct answer ✔✔A society's definition affects rights
-Examples may be access to social security benefits, pensions, tax benefits and health insurance
Family changes in the last 200 years - correct answer ✔✔The extended farm family
The nuclear family
Diverse family forms
Multigenerational families
Family changes in the last 100 years - correct answer ✔✔Increased economic disparity
Poverty rate rising
Minimum wage does not support families
House and rent costs are up
Both men and women are postponing marriage
Definition of parenting - correct answer ✔✔Individuals who nourish, protect and guide new life through
maturity, includes:
Ongoing attachment
Material resources (food, shelter, clothing)
Access to medical care and education
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