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nuclear family

A social unit consisting of two parents and their children.

Traditional nuclear families of two parents and two children are becoming less prevalent.
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nuclear family

A social unit consisting of two parents and their children.

Traditional nuclear families of two parents and two children are becoming less prevalent.

extended family

A nuclear family with other relatives of several generations.

After their marriage, he became a part of his wife’s extended family.

single parent

A parent without a spouse or partner.

He came from a single-parent household.

relative

A member of the same family.

After tracing the victim’s known relatives, the police reconnected her with a maternal aunt.

sibling

A person who has the same parents.

Her siblings have always envied their sister’s success and status.

adolescent/adolescence

Teenage, teenager; teenage years.

She’s changed into a confused adolescent after her parents’ divorce.

dependant

A person who depends on another for financial support.

On his death, the benefits get passed on to his dependants according to his Will.

authoritarian

Compelling complete obedience.

The father is very authoritarian in the traditional Korean family.

strict

Demanding discipline.

They had been strict but fair parents.

birth control/contraception

Pregnancy prevention methods.

Birth control causes falling number of births in developing countries.

birth rate

The number of births to every 1000 people over a certain period of time.

The second birth rate for women of 40-45 has been rising over the last decade.

bring up/upbringing

To care for and educate children until they are mature / education.

Our job is to teach children, not to bring them up.

to raise

To bring up a child.

Born and raised Сatholic, after graduating from college he left the Church.

child development

The changes a child goes through while growing up.

Environmental factors can significantly affect a child’s development.

childcare

A place where supervision is provided for young children; the process of supervising young children while parents are working.

The high cost of childcare prevents many mothers from returning to workforce.

divorce/to divorce

To dissolve a marriage; an official process of ending a marriage.

They divorced after ten years of a turbulent marriage.

neglect/to neglect

A lack of care for a child; to ignore child’s needs.

Children neglected in their early life have a range of special needs.

dysfunctional family

A family where relationships are not adequate.

The girl comes from a dysfunctional family, so she has developed major anxiety and anger issues.

emotional security

Happy and well-balanced emotional state.

Without emotional security relationships can be unstable and painful.

formative years

Years in life shaping a person’s character and future life.

He was born in London and spent his formative years on stage.

to adopt

To become a legal parent of a child that is not your own.

Older children are often adopted through foster care.

foster/to foster

Being a parent for a child in place of natural parents for a period of time; to encourage development.

She did her best to foster a sense of self-worth in her children.

to nurture

To take care of and educate someone while they are growing up.

Parents who nurture positive values in children give them a good start in life.

overprotective parents

Parents who shelter their children from everything.

Children who grew up with overprotective parents are ill-equipped to live in real world.

spoiled child

A child who is rude because the parents are too lenient.

He was acting like a spoiled child, bossy and rude.