Parenting Ch.2

A family of origin includes________.

Which of the following is not a goal of parenting?

Each person goes through all of the stages in the family life cycle.

Family systems refer to thinking about families as ______.

A family's position within society based on social and economic factors.

A family who includes all of the relatives in a family, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

The main function of a family is to take care of its members.

The use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.

A family who provides temporary, substitute care for children who need it.

Each of the following are reasons people choose to adopt except_______.

All children in stepfamilies are stepbrothers and stepsisters.

During the launching stage, parents_______.

A family's structure tells how it _______.

Parenting goals and methods should change as the child develops.

The responsibilities a family has for its members and how the family carries out these responsibilities.

The increase in the number of single-parent families result in an increase in the number of stepfamilies.

Culture has little influence over families and their parenting practices.

Society informs parents about the skills children need for citizenship as adults.

Children in adoptive families & foster families are headed by guardians came to their families through a legal process.

The family remains the same social system when major events inside or outside the family happen.

A way of living.

Family functions do not include _______.

Children influence society's resources.

The roles of ______ are connected and thus impact each other.

Related or unrelated adults who legally raise children, but who never legally adopt