Notes:
Marriage: a socially constructed relationship that assumes financial and sexual cooperation between two people
Family: a group of people connected by blood, marriage, adoption, or agreed upon relationship
Courtship: seeking an individuals affection or establishing contractual terms, usually with the intent of forming a long term relationship
Homogamy: marrying or establishing a relationship with someone with similar social and economic characteristics
Cohabitation: a residential pattern in which a couple lives together without the benefit of legal marriage
Monogamy: marriage between two people
Serial monogamy: marriage pattern in which one person as multiple spouses but not at the same time
Polyamory: intimate relationship with multiple partners, with the informed consent of all partners
Polygamy: legally sanctioned or illegal martial relationship in which one person has more than one husband or wife a the same time
Patriarchal: lines of descent traced through the paternal side of the family and characterized by male dominance
Polygyny: a legally sanctioned or illegal martial relationship in which one man has multiple wives
Polyandry: a legally sanctioned or illegal martial relationship in which one woman has multiple husbands
Matriarchal: lines of descent traced through the maternal side of the family and characterized by the dominance of woman
Convenant marriages: a legally binding marriage requiring pre-martial counseling, and more limited grounds of divorce
Endogamy: marrying or establishing a relationship within ones own social group or category, as required by custom or law
Exogamy: marrying or establishing a relationship outside ones social group or category
Family of orientation: the family in which you are raised and socialized due to birth, adoption, or a blended family
Family of procreation: the family you choose to create through marriage, agreed-upon relationships, or the birth or adoption of children
Kinship: a social relationship based on blood, marriage, or adoption
Extended: a family with other kin such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins living in the same household or nearby
Nuclear: a family consisting of one or more parents and children
Blended families: families in which one or both spouses have children from previous relationships
Neolocal: a living pattern in which a couple establishes their own residence independently of their parents
Matrilocal: a living pattern in which a couple resides with or near the wife’s parents
Patrilocal: a living pattern in which a couple resides with or near the husbands parents
Child free: individuals who choose not to have children
DINKS: double income, no kids
Childless: individuals who cannot have children for biological reasons
Helicopter parent: a well meaning, overprotective, and overly involved parent that does not promote the characteristics of independence
- Authoritarian parents attempt to maintain strict control over their child’s life.
- Permissive parents give the child extensive freedom to make choices with little input from the parent (Baumrind 1971).
- Authoritative parents offer a middle-ground combination of control and freedom (Baumrind 1991).
- Neglectful parents have low involvement in the child’s life (Maccoby and Martin 1983).
Free-range parenting: a style of parenting that deemphasizes scheduling and supervision and emphasizes extreme independence
Child abuse: physical, emotional, or sexual harm or mistreatment of a child
Edler abuse: the physical, emotional, sexual and financial abuse or exploitation of an elder by a caregiver or trusted individual
Substance abuse: the use of alcohol, drugs, or other substances that results in negative consequences for the user and those around them
No fault divorces: marriages that can be dissolved without evidence of wrongdoing
sandwich generation, those individuals raising children and caring for aging parents at the same time