Terms Related to Reconstituted Family

• Abandoned Children

  A child who is deserted by parents or parent substitutes without regard for its future care.

• Child Rearing

  The training or bringing-up of children by parents or parent-substitutes. It is used also for child rearing practices in different societies, at different economic levels, ...

• Superego

  The component of the personality associated with ethics, standards, and self-criticism - the "conscience". It is derived mainly from identification with parents and parent substitutes.

• Abandoned Child

  A child who is deserted by parents or parent substitutes without regard for its future care.

• Family Leave

  The authorized absence from work of a family member to attend the illness or participate in the care of a parent, a sibling, or other ...

• Family Violence

  Deliberate, often repetitive, physical abuse by one family member against another: marital partners, parents, children, siblings, or any other member of a household.

• Paternity Leave

  The authorized absence from work of either parent prior to and after the birth of their child. It includes also absence because of the illness ...