single-parent family

single-parent family,

a family consisting of only the mother or the father and one or more dependent children.

family [fam´ĭ-le]

1. a group of people related by blood or marriage or a strong common bond, such as those descended from a common ancestor, or a husband, wife, and their children.

2. a taxonomic category below an order and above a genus.

blended family a family unit composed of a married couple and their offspring including some from previous marriages.

dysfunctional family one in which adult caregivers are unable to consistently fulfill their family responsibilities.

extended family a nuclear family and their close relatives, such as the children's grandparents, aunts, and uncles.

nuclear family a family consisting of a two-generation relationship of parents and children, living together and more or less isolated from their extended family.

nuclear dyad family a husband and wife with no children.

family of origin the family in which a person grew up.

family processes the psychosocial, physiological, and spiritual functions and relationships within the family unit; for nursing diagnoses, see under process.

single-parent family a lone parent and offspring living together as a family unit.

skewed family a family in which one spouse is severely dysfunctional and the other spouse assumes an acquiescent, peacemaking stance to maintain equilibrium.

family (omaha) in the omaha system, a problem modifier defined as a social unit or related group of individuals who live together and who experience a health-related problem.

single-parent family

Social medicine A family unit with a mother or father and unmarried children. See Father 'factor.', Latchkey children, Quality time, Supermom. Cf Extended family, Nuclear family, Two parent advantage.

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nuclear family

So all we are going to be left with is another single-parent family being paid for by the state.

We will have to pay; YourSay by Birmingham Mail (England)

Of the 192,000 children in poverty, about 60% have out-of-work parents and 42% live in a single-parent family.

Help is needed to fight poverty by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

I WAS raised in a single-parent family and I remember some of my mother's friends claiming to be single parents, claiming benefits and living with an earning partner.

Letter: The BIG issue - Let single mums be by The Mirror (London, England)

single component insulin

single donor transfusion

single drug therapy

single enterprise practice

single essence

single fiber electromyography

single footling breech

Single Limb Sport

single nucleotide polymorphism

single organ system examination

single photon emission computed tomography