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Sarahs Chap. 11

Chapter 11 Vocabulary/ The Family Today

TermDefinition
Interdependent A situation whre events that affect one member of the family often affect others either consciously or unconsciously.
Caring Family A family in which each person sees the relationship between his or her behavior and the success of the family as a unit.
Responsible Being dependable and reliable.
Respect Seeing someone as a worthwhile individual. Showing consideration by accepting each person's rights to have opinions and feelings.
Concern Having a special interest in what happens in the lives of other family members.
Open Expression Sharing, leveling, and accepting.
Sharing The first aspect of open expression. Letting others in the family know your personal thoughts, feelings, and opinions.
Leveling The second aspect of open expression. Letting others know how you feel about them and their behavior.
Accepting The third aspect of openness. This means respecting the other person's right to his or her own opinions and feelings, even if you don't agree.
Crises Major problems that have a great effect on the people involved.
Domestic Violence Family violence.
Physical Abuse Abuse that involves hitting, kicking, tripping, choking, biting, or threatening with a weapon.
Emotional Abuse Purposely harming the self-concept of a family member by insulting and undermining a person's confidence. The abused individual may suffer personality changes. Most suffer low self-esteem.
Sexual Abuse Abuse the involves unwanted sexual contact.
Child Abuse The physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, negligent treatment, or maltreatment of a child under the age of 18.
Incest Sexual activity between persons who are closely related.
Child Neglet Failure to meet a child's physical or emotional needs.
Physical Neglet Neglet that occurs if parents or persons legally respnsible don't supply food, clothing, chelter, education, and medical care.
Emotinal Neglet Failure to provide children with love and affection.
Substance Abuse Involves misusing drugs, including alcohol, to a potentially harmful level.
Divorce Occurs as a reself of stress in various areas, such as tension in marriage, financial problems, family violence, and substance abuse.
Custody The assumption by a parent of the responsibility for the day-to-day decisions affecting the health, education, and welfare of the children.
Joint Custody Custody in which the parents share equally in the responsibility for the children, with each parent having equal rights in decision making and spending time with the children.
Suicide The taking of one's own life.
Support Group A group of people who share a similar problem or concern.
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