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Kinship terms are words used in a speech community to identify relationships between individuals in a family (or a kinship unit). This is also called kinship terminology. A classification of persons related through kinship in a particular language or culture is called a kinship system.
Kinship is a living arrangement in which a relative or close community member takes responsibility for a child or youth when they can no longer reside with their parent or primary caregiver.
Types of Family Structures Nuclear families. Single-parent families. Extended families. Childless families. Stepfamilies. Grandparent families.
Kinship families form when a grandparent, older relative, or close family friend becomes a child's primary caregiver because the parents are unable or unwilling to take care of the child. In some cases, the caregiver has a legal relationship to the child, such as legal custody or guardianship.
A family and friends care arrangement, also known as kinship care, is one in which a child who cannot be cared for by their parent(s) or another person with parental responsibility goes to live with a relative, friend, or other connected person.
The bonding and early life attachment between the infant and caregiver is a dynamic, bidirectional process involving caregiver nurturing of the infant, as well as complementary infant behavior that elicits parental care. Attachment appears to have a dual function.
In early infancy, caregivers serve as a critical source of comfort and protection, with a transition to caregivers serving as a source of support for children's emerging independence, as, increasingly throughout the first year of life, infants begin to explore the world with close caregiver support.
A caregiver is defined as any of the following: A person who is an employee or contractor of a child care program and involved in the care or supervision of children in care. A person who has direct contact and unsupervised access to children in the care of a child care program.
They offer love, acceptance, appreciation, encouragement, and guidance, and provide the most intimate context for the nurturing and protection of children as they develop their personalities and identities and also as they mature physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially.
Kinship care is when a relative or someone with a close relationship to a child/youth cares for them (temporarily or permanently) when their parent(s) cannot.