Family Ties, Relationships, and Transitions Flashcards
How would the Vanier Institute of the Family define “family?”
Two or more persons who are bound together over time by mutual consent, birth and/or adoption
Lineage through blood or marriage
Kinship
What is kinship
Lineage through blood or marriage
Informal family-like relationships emerging with neighbors or friends over time
Fictive kin
What is Fictive Kin
Informal family-like relationships emerging with neighbors or friends over time
A married couple, a couple in common law, a lone parent of any marital status, etc….
Census family
A group of two or more persons who are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law, or adoption, and who live in the same dwelling
Economic family
What is an economic family
A group of two or more persons who are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law, or adoption, and who live in the same dwelling
What are the 6 major changes that have occurred in family and kinship structures?
- Longer kinships (more generations)
- More age gaps in kinship (20-30-40 year gaps in kin)
- Truncated families due to childlessness
- Reconstructed or blended families from divorce or widowhood
- common law/cohabition
- Increase in same-sex partners
Who has more contact with thier children? Widows, married, or divorced women?
Widows
What is a Kin Keeper?
Usually an older woman that keeps the family connected
What is a “skipped generation” household?
Grand parents responsible for raising one or more children
Why might more men than women enter common-law relationships?
Same-sex stuff
Older never married [BLANK] are likely to be highly educated and have an earned mention and achieved economic independence
Women
Older single [BLANK] have little education and are less financially secure
Men
