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1.01 Child D Vocab.
Term | Definition |
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Adoptive family | a family who has welcomed a child born to another into their family and legally adopted that child as their own. |
Blended family | a family consisting of a couple and their children from this and all previous relationships |
Childless family | a couple who choose or cannot have children |
Co-parenting | when a divorced or separated parent shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child |
Culture | the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group |
Esteem needs | people's desires to have a stable and realistically positive evaluation of themselves |
Extended family | a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live in one household |
Family | a group of people related to one another by blood, marriage, or strong bond |
Foster family | a family or adult who takes care of a child who is not his or her biological child |
Love and acceptance needs | include romantic relationships and ties to friends and family members, as well as our need to feel that we belong to a social group |
Nuclear family | a family that includes a couple and their dependent children: regarded as a basic social unit |
Parenting | involves rearing children & providing safety, supervision, & control; medical care; education; financially supporting needs; provide food, clothing, shelter; & protecting child from harm; while shaping to be a positive & productive asset to society |
Physiological needs | biological requirements for human survival |
Prosocial behaviors | behaviors through which parties benefit from each other |
Safety needs | needs for freedom from illness or danger and for a secure, familiar, and predictable environment |
Self-actualization needs | the realization or fulfillment of one’s talents and potentialities while understanding the need for the greater good of those around you |
Single parent | a person bringing up a child or children without a partner |
Society | a large group of interacting people in a defined territory, sharing a common culture |
Support systems | a network of people who provide basic needs, emotional support, and in some cases, financial support to a person |
Universality | the quality of involving or being shared by all people or things in the world or in a particular group |
Values | a person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life |