nuclear families
Parents plus children
Nuclear families are family units consisting of parents and their children, excluding extended relatives like grandparents, aunts, or cousins.
The term emerged in the mid-twentieth century as this household structure became the idealized norm in Western societies: The suburb was designed for nuclear families with two kids and a dog.
The "nuclear" refers to the nucleus or core, not to atomic energy.
- stepfamiliesRelatives through remarriage
- parentsMother and father
- childrenYoung human beings
- siblingsFellow offspring
- householdDomestic unit of residents
mom and dad · spouse · marriage · post-war · guardianship · domesticity · suburban · adoption · breadwinner · stay at home mom · dependents · unit · home · white picket fence · foster care · lineage · offspring · relatives
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- retrofuturismray guns, jetpacks, rocket ships, space helmets, bubble helmets
nuclear familiesextended families
Relatives beyond parents and siblings
joint families · blended families · single-parent families · childless couples
nuclear familiescommunes
Shared-living communities
communal living · kibbutzim · group homes · childless couples · chosen families
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