Chapter: 01. Our Families
A. Fill in the blanks.
A joint family is a family in which many members of a family stay together. A family with three members is a nuclear family. Children of the same parents are called siblings. The mothers or fathers who stay at home to take care of the family are called homemakers. B. Write T for true and F for false.
Members of a family stay together. These days all families are small. Only the men work in a family, while the women stay at home. Nuclear families are big families. C. Choose the correct answers.
a. to give their children a better life. Members of a family should treat each other a. members share responsibilities. D. Answer these questions orally.
What is a nuclear family? A nuclear family is made up of a mother, a father, and their children. Do members of a family live in separate houses? No, members of a family usually live together in the same house. What do families do during a marriage? During a marriage, all the family members gather and have a lot of fun, decorate houses, and organize parties and dances. Who helps you when your parents are away? Caregivers, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or hired helpers, help look after children when parents are away, or children may be sent to a crèche or day care centre. E. Answer these questions.
Name the different types of families. The different types of families are nuclear family, single-parent family, and joint family. Name the family members living in a joint family. In a joint family, members such as grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins stay together. What do you understand by a crèche? A crèche is a place where babies and small children are taken care of while their parents are working, studying, or are going somewhere. 
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