Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Families by
Amy King
- No one family is the same.
- Single parent with children
- This is typically a female
headed family with one or
more children
- There are also families headed by
the male and they are gaining
ground every year
- Challenges include: Parent
fatigue, poverty, lost wages when
parent has to take off to care for
sick child.
- Adoptive families
- Could be one parent or
married couples with children
that weren't born to them.
- This also can include domestic and
international born children. I like to
also include foster or kinship care.
- Challenges include: Children who
feel abandoned, and possible
behavior problems.
- Bi-racial families
- Each parent is of a
different race and
produce a child of
mixed race.
- Challenges include: Not
fitting in with other
children, and confusion
- Co-habitating adults with children
- Each adult may bring other
children from previous
relationships into the home.
- They have
children born
into the
relationship.
- Challenges include: Many
parents are choosing not to get
married, since divorce is so high
- Blended families
- One or both parents
have children from
previous relationships
- Half brothers and
sisters could also
be born into the
family
- Challenges include: The feeling that the
other parent isn't theirs, lack of belonging,
and behavior problems for the non parent.
- Grandparents raising grandchildren
- When the birth parents are
unable to care for the children.
- Grandparents sometimes struggle with
being able to care for their grandchildren
well because of their own health.
- Challenges include: child not feeling like a
part of a "typical" family, feeling like they
can't do as much based on their grandparents
health.
- Married parents with children
- Many families are having less children
- Many families include
pets instead of more
children
- Challenges include: Married parents with
children still make up a majority of families,
however due to divorce it is losing ground.
- Family: People who live together
for their own best interests and
can be related by blood, marriage
or adoption.