A nursing instructor is raising her two granddaughters after her daughter and son-in-law were killed in a motor vehicle accident. How is this family form best described?
a. Extended family
b. Single-parent family
c. Blended family
d. Alternative pattern of relationship
D
Alternate patterns of relationships include multi-adult households, "skip-generation" families (grandparents caring for grandchildren), communal groups with children, "nonfamilies" (adults living alone), and cohabitating partners. The extended family includes relatives (aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins) in addition to the nuclear family. The single-parent family is formed when one parent leaves the nuclear family because of death, divorce, or desertion or when a single person decides to have or adopt a child. The blended family is formed when parents bring unrelated children from prior or foster parenting relationships into a new, joint living situation.
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