| A | B |
| traditional families | working husband stay home wife and two or three kids |
| Families with One Wage-Earner | one of the parents works while the other parent stays home with the children |
| Families with Two Wage-Earners | Where both parents work to support the family |
| examples of nontraditional families | divorce parents, single parents, and not married couples |
| single-parents families | are normally headed by young women |
| latchkey children | children who return home from school to a empty home |
| invisible families | families that remain active only as long as the members feel they are receiving help |
| family violence | may include physical, verbal, psycological, and sexual mistreatment of a child |