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Family Life Today
357
The Changing Family
358
How Families Adapt to
Change
359
Family Functions in Various Cultures
361
Physical Needs
361
Emotional Needs
361
Nurturance
361
Education
362
Procreation
362
Protection
362
Recreation
363
Roles and Responsibilities of Family
Members
363
Functional and Dysfunctional
Families
364
Characteristics of Strong Families
364
Teen Focus: FCCLA
366
Family Structures
367
The Nuclear Family
367
The Single-Parent Family
367
The Stepfamily
368
The Extended Family
369
The Childless Family
371
The Adoptive Family
371
The Foster Family
372
Legal Guardians
372
The Family Life Cycle
372
Beginning Stage
373
Childbearing Stage
374
Did You Know? The Boomerang
Age
375
Parenting Stage
376
Launching Stage
376
Mid-Years Stage
377
Aging Stage
378
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The Parenting Decision
383
Parenthood Is a Choice
384
Parenthood as a Personal
Choice
384
Teen Focus: Parenting Roles and
Responsibilities
385
Parenthood as a Mutual Choice
386
Other Factors to Consider in the Parenting
Decision
388
Age of the Woman
388
Career Considerations
389
Financial Considerations
389
Did You Know? What It Costs to
Raise a Child
390
Number and Spacing of
Children
391
Planning Pregnancy
392
The Female Reproductive
System
392
The Male Reproductive System
393
Methods for Planning or
Preventing Pregnancy
394
If a Couple Cannot Have Children
399
Artifi cial Insemination
399
In Vitro Fertilization
399
Adoption
400
Genetic Counseling
400
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