The document defines and describes different types of family structures, including nuclear families consisting of parents and children, extended families that include grandparents and other relatives, single-parent families headed by one mother or father, blended families formed when two adults with children from previous relationships unite, and foster families that take in non-biological children. It notes that single-parent families often occur due to death, divorce, separation or migration of one parent and that blended families involve the joining of two adults who have children from prior relationships.

1. Presented by Garcia Parke

2. Nuclear Family
Extended Family
Single Family
Blended Family
Foster Family

3. •The Nuclear Family consist of mother, father and children or
child.

4. The single family normally consist of a mother or
father and child or children. This family usually
exist where the occurrence of death of a parent,
divorce, separation, or even migration of one
parent.

5. The extended family is one which extends beyond the nuclear
family to include grandparents and other relatives.

6.  A blended family is the sociological term for the joining of two adults via
marriage, cohabitation or civil partnership, who have children from
previous relationships.

7. To provide love and support to other
members of the family
To pass on values and morals to young
children
Provide for the basic needs
Provide protection