Types of Family Flashcards
(16 cards)
Monogomy
Two individuals married
Polygamy
Married to more than one partner at the same time
Polygyny
One husband and two or more wives
(found in Islamic countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia)
Polyandry
One wife and two or more husband
Nuclear Family
Two generations - parents and children living in the same household
Extended Family
All kin including and beyond the nuclear family
Beanpole Family
A multi-generational family which is long and thin - few aunts and uncles and cousins - reflects few children borns in each gen and people loving longer
Patriachal Family
Authority held by males
Matriachal Family
Authority held by females
Symmetrical Family
Authority and household tasks shared between male and female partners
Reconstituted Family
One or both partners previously married, with children from previous relationships.
Lone Parents Family
Lone parents with dependent children, commonly from divorce or death
Serial Monogomy
A series of monogamous relationships - moving quickly between relationships with high divorce rates and remarriage
What are Communes?
- Developed in Western Europe, Britain and US in 1960s
- A number of adults and children living and working together
- children are held reponsible by the group rather than their natural parents
What is The Kibbutz?
- childrearing seperated from marriage relationships
- children kept away from their natural parents as much as possible
- children brought up by a professional parent (metapelets)
- children were seen as the children of the kibbutz - the responsibility of the community as a whole
What is the Nayar?
- South west India in 19th century
- a women had sexual relations with any man she wishes up to 12 men.
- so children were uncertain of their father
- there was no link between having sexual relations, child bearing, childrearing and cohabitation
