| A | B |
|---|
| nuclear | traditional-husband, wife, and children (biological or adopted) |
| extended | grandparents, parents, children, and relatives |
| single parent | women or men establishing separate households through individual preferences, divorces, death, or desertion |
| foster parent | parents who care for children who are sent to them via the court system because of dysfunctional families, absent families, or individual family problems |
| alternative | communal family |
| dual career | both parents work because of desire or need |
| blended | mother or father, stepparent, and children |
| polygamous | more than one spouse at the same time |
| homosexual | a single homosexual person or two persons of the same sex who may have children from a previous relationship, who have adopted children, or have children via artificial insemination |
| cohabitation | heterosexual or homosexual couples who live together with their children but remain unmarried |
| sibling rivalry | a competition or struggle between tow or more children in a family |
| developmental stage | a period of life characterized by the mastery of specific skills or behaviors |
| development task | a competency or skill that helps a person cope with the environment or advance personal development |
| cultural assimilation | a process by which members of a specific cultural group lose the characteristics of the group and adapt practices of another group |
| cultural relativism | the concept that normality comes from the standard social practices of a specific culture |
| culture shock | the effect of a sudden, drastic change in the cultural |
| facebook depression | common term used for the teen who overuses social networking to the point of their habits in life change such as sleep, etc |
| sexting | sending or receiving sexually explicit text messaged and pictures |
