The United States has many different types of families. (1)_____ most American families are traditional, consisting of a father, a mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These (2)_____ couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from responsibilities of childbearing; or, perhaps they are not (3)_____ able to have ...

The United States has many different types of families. (1)_____ most American families are traditional, consisting of a father, a mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These (2)_____ couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from responsibilities of childbearing; or, perhaps they are not (3)_____ able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult who is a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or a mother. Americans (4)_____ and accept these different types of families. In the United States people have right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans (5)_____ type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s choices regarding family groups. Families are very important to Americans.