Useful vocabulary for IELTS writing and speaking related to the topic of children and families.

IELTS Vocabulary: Children and Families

people who have children living in their existing family for a fixed period, with the original parents’ agreement

people who are legally appointed to protect a child’s interests in the absence of parents

people that children look to and respect as good examples

basic rules governing the way people can behave in a situation

traditions or social norms that most people follow

voluntary rules which people accept in a situation

when children attack and intimidate other children

when a pupil leaves school without permission (verb = to play truant from school)

the crime of taking or kidnapping people for a criminal reason

the pressure from people in the same group to act in a certain way

a family where both the father and mother work

the person who earns all or most of the money in a family

caring informally (not in schools) for children when parents are busy or working

caring for children in a school setting, as above

people in the same group or level as yourself

the development of close emotional connections between people

ways of acting and doing things (either positive or negative)

(to bring up children = to raise and educate them in your own moral, behavioural or religious conventions)