Nuclear family
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A nuclear family – also called an elementary family, atomic family, or conjugal family – is a family group consisting of two parents and their children, typically living in one home residence. The ter
The Shumard family in Seattle, Washington, c. 1955 (during the mid-century baby boom), illustrating a nuclear family
P. E. Svinhufvud, the president of Finland (center), with his extended family on his 75th birthday in 1936
An employee of the Ford Motor Company with his family, car, and detached house in Detroit, Michigan, United States (1954). New social and economic realities have made nuclear families like this one less common.
Painting of an unknown nuclear family in Washington, D.C., dated 1850
Single parent
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A single parent is a person who has a child or children but does not have a spouse or live-in partner to assist in the upbringing or support of the child in household together. Reasons for becoming a
Nuclear family
…family group consisting of two parents and their children (one or more), typically living in one home residence. The term is used in contrast to both a single-parent family and a larger extended family (which may include more than two parents). A nuclear family typically centers on a married couple that may have any…
A single mother and child