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Marriage/parenthood
chapter 17
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Healthy marriages | working together |
| healthy marriage requires | love,commitment, compromise,emotional intimacy |
| Emotional Maturity | the ability to assess a relationship or situation/ to act according to what is best |
| Divorce | legal end to a marriage |
| Nuclear family | father,mother, and one or more biological or adopted children |
| Extended Family | the people outside the nuclear family but related to it |
| Blended Family | biological mother or father, a step-parent, and the children of one or both parents |
| Single-parent | single mother or father with his or her children |
| Foster Family | person or couple not related to the children that cares for them temporarily |
| Couple Family | only Husband and wife living at home |
| Dysfunctional Family | family that doesn't fulfill the basic functions of a healthy family (physical needs are met but emotional ones are not) |