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This is my mother / mom
This is my father / dad
These are my parents

This is my wife
This is my husband

There are five people in my family

I have two brothers
I have three sisters
One is older
One brother is older than me
One is younger
I am number three

How many brothers and sisters do you have?
What number are you?

He is the oldest of five children
She is the youngest
Anne doesn't have any brothers or sisters
Judy is an only child

How many children do you have?
We have two. One son and one daughter

Do you have any kids?
No, I am not married

types of families

• NUCLEAR FAMILY : FATHER, MOTHER, CHILDREN (= THE FAMILY)

• EXTEND FAMILY : FATHER, MOTHER, CHILDREN, GRANDPARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, NEPHEWS, NIECES, AND IN-LAWS

SOME VOCABULARY

• IN-LAWS : PARENTI ACQUISITI
• TIE : LEGAME
• HOUSEHOLD : CASA (NUCLEO FAMILIARE)
• CHILD-RAISING : ALLEVAMENTO DEI BAMBINI
• BREADWINNER : CAPOFAMIGLIA
• HOUSE-HUSBAND : MARITO CHE SI DEDICA ALLE ATTIVITÁ DOMESTICHE MENTRE LA MOGLIE É FUORI A LAVORARE
• DAY-CARE CENTRES : ASILI CHE OSPITANO I BAMBINI DI UNA MADRE CHE LAVORA

SOME RHYMES

GRANDPARENTS

They love their grandchildren.
They advice, they give.
The stories of the past they tell.
They teach you.
They are a part of your family.
They are not old-fashioned, it's just their views.
They created you! You will be one.
If you destroy them, you destroy a generation - your creators.

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ONE-PARENT FAMILY

I wish that I had more than just
a weekend dad, a dad who shakes
the dust of Sunday from his feet
and makes his short drive home
when we've been sourly dumped
at mother's peeling five-day door.
It isn't only childish greed
that makes me want my father more.

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