Family

Russian Imperial Family 1913

A family is usually two or more persons living together and related by birth, marriage, or adoption.

Who is in the family?[edit | edit source]

Families may consist of siblings or other relatives as well as married couples, sometimes grand parents and any children they have.

Social group versus family[edit | edit source]

A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.

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v t e Family rights
Elements	Fetal rights Children's rights Matrimonial rights Mothers' rights Youth rights Reproductive rights
Rights movements	Children's Fathers' Mothers' rights Parents' Grandparents
See also	Family law Parental responsibility Parental liability
Related	Human rights

v t e Parenting
Kinship terminology	Adoptive Alloparenting Coparenting Extended family Foster care Kommune 1 Noncustodial Nuclear family Orphaned Shared parenting Single parent Blended family Surrogacy In loco parentis
Theories⧼dot-separator⧽Areas	Attachment theory Applied behavior analysis Behaviorism Child development Cognitive development Developmental psychology Human development Love Maternal bond Nature versus nurture Parental investment Paternal bond Pediatrics Social psychology
Styles	Attachment parenting Baby talk Concerted cultivation Gatekeeper parent Helicopter parent Nurturant parenting Slow parenting Soccer mom Strict father model Taking children seriously Tiger parenting Work at home parent
Techniques	After-school activity Allowance Bedtime Child care Co-sleeping Homeschooling Latchkey kid Parent management training Play (date) Role model Spoiled child Television The talk Toy (educational)
Child discipline	Blanket training Corporal punishment in the home Curfew Grounding Tactical ignoring Time-out
Abuse	Child abandonment Child abuse Child labour Child neglect Cinderella effect Incest Narcissistic parent Parental abuse by children
Legal and social aspects	Child custody Child support Cost of raising a child Deadbeat parent Disownment Marriage Parental alienation Parental responsibility Paternity Shared parenting
Experts	T. Berry Brazelton Rudolf Dreikurs David Elkind Jo Frost Haim Ginott Thomas Gordon Alan E. Kazdin Truby King Annette Lareau Penelope Leach William Sears B. F. Skinner Benjamin Spock
Organizations	Families Need Fathers Mothers Apart from Their Children Mothers' Union National Childbirth Trust National Parents Organization Parent–teacher association Parents Against Child Sexual Exploitation

v t e Substantive human rights
Please note: What is considered a human right is controversial and not all the topics listed are universally accepted as human rights
Civil and political	Cannabis rights Equality before the law Freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention Freedom of assembly Freedom of association Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment Freedom from discrimination Freedom from exile Freedom of information Freedom of movement Freedom of religion Freedom from slavery Freedom of speech Freedom of thought Freedom from torture Legal aid Liberty LGBT rights Nationality Personhood Presumption of innocence Right of asylum Right to die Right to a fair trial Right to family life Right to keep and bear arms Right to life Right to petition Right to privacy Right to protest Right to refuse medical treatment Right of self-defense Security of person Universal suffrage
Economic, social and cultural	Digital rights Equal pay for equal work Fair remuneration Labor rights Right to an adequate standard of living Right to clothing Right to development Right to education Right to food Right to health Right to housing Right to Internet access Right to property Right to public participation Right of reply Right to rest and leisure Right of return Right to science and culture Right to social security Right to water Right to work Trade union membership
Sexual and reproductive	Abortion Family planning Freedom from involuntary female genital mutilation Intersex human rights LGBT rights Reproductive health Right to sexuality
Violations	Corporal punishment
War and conflict	Civilian Combatant Freedom from genocide Prisoner of war Wartime sexual violence