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  2. Nuclear family - Wikipedia

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    Some sociologists and anthropologists consider the extended family structure to be the most common family structure in most cultures and at most times, rather than the nuclear family. [1] [2] The term nuclear family was popularized in the 20th century. Since that time, the number of North American nuclear families is gradually decreasing, while ...

  3. Extended family - Wikipedia

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    When one is born, they are born into two extended families, a kinship group of sometimes 70 people. The group traditionally acts as a cohesive unit, pooling resources and influence. The extended family also consists of spouses and siblings. This is in contrast to the two generational American nuclear family. [23]

  4. Dysfunctional family - Wikipedia

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    Parents vs. kids (intergenerational conflict, generation gap or culture shock dysfunction.) The balkanized family (named after the three-way war in the Balkans where alliances shift back and forth.) Free-for-all (a family that fights in a "free-for-all" style, though may become polarized when range of possible choices is limited.)

  5. History of the family - Wikipedia

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    Family types of pre-industrial Europe belonged into two basic groups, the "simple household system" (the nuclear family), and the "joint family system" (the extended family). [34] A simple household system featured a relatively late age of marriage for both men and women and the establishment of a separate household after the marriage or ...

  6. Family - Wikipedia

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    Critics of the term "traditional family" point out that in most cultures and at most times, the extended family model has been most common, not the nuclear family, [47] though it has had a longer tradition in England [48] than in other parts of Europe and Asia which contributed large numbers of immigrants to the Americas. The nuclear family ...

  7. Family in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The extended family consists of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. In some circumstances, the extended family comes to live either with or in place of a member of the nuclear family. An example includes elderly parents who move in with their adult children due to old age. This places large demands on the caregivers. [12]

  8. Sociology of the family - Wikipedia

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    Family structure is changing drastically and there is a vast variety of different family structures: "The modern family is increasingly complex and has changed profoundly, with greater acceptance for unmarried cohabitation, divorce, single-parent families, same-sex partnerships and complex extended family relations. Grandparents are also doing ...

  9. Kinship - Wikipedia

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    A multi-generational extended family of Eastern Orthodox priest in Jerusalem, c. 1893. Family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity (by recognized birth), affinity (by marriage), or co-residence/shared consumption (see Nurture kinship). In most societies, it is the principal institution for the socialization of children.