Caring for Newborns: Family Bonding and Responsibilities

Vocabulary For

newborn just born; only a few days or weeks old.

Review Words thought brother clothes friend listen guess young

family A group of people sharing common ancestry

middle trouble uncle

mother A woman who raises a child or children

father A man who raises a child or children

sister A girl with the same parents as someone else

brother a male with the same parents as someone else

Grandmother your mother’s or father’s mother

Grandfather your mother’s or father’s father

Great Aunt your Grandmother or Grandfather’s sister

teenager between the ages of twelve and twenty

enemies people who do not like each other; not friends

pest someone who is a bother or who causes trouble

twins two children born at the same time to the same parent

distract to draw a person’s attention away from something