| A | B |
|---|
| divorce | legal agreement to end a marriage |
| nuclear family | a couple and children living together in one household |
| adoption | legal process by which parents take another person's child into their family to be raised as their own |
| single-parent family | only one parent lives with the children |
| extended family | a group of close relatives living together or near each other |
| blended family | biological parent, stepparent, and the children of one or both parents |
| foster family | an adult or couple caring for children whose biological parents are unable to care for them |
| socialization | teaching children to behave in a way that is acceptable to the family and society |
| sources of family stress | illness, financial problems, divorce, and drug abuse |
| separation | arrangement in which spouses live apart and try to work out their problems |
| types of violence | physical, sexual, emotional |
| domestic abuse | abuse of one spouse by another |
| physical abuse | intentionally causing pysical harm to another person |
| sexual abuse | adult uses a child or adolescent for sexual purposes |
| emotional abuse | nonphysical mistreatment of a person |
| neglect | adults fail to provide for the basic needs of children |
| runaway | child who leaves home without permission and stays away for at least a night |
| empathy | ability to understand another person's thoughts or feelings |
| siblings | brothers and sisters |
| support group | network of people who help each other cope with a particular problem |
