nuclear family
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The SPLC’s Florida list includes the American College of Pediatricians, a conservative-leaning, pro-life group that promotes parental rights, the nuclear family and “honest interpretation of scientific pediatric research, without deference to current political persuasions.”
From Washington Times
But this is slowly changing with more children being born in nuclear families.
From BBC
I live in the Midwest, where it’s very nuclear family, and I feel like all of my friends and family are always saying, well, when are you going to get married.
From New York Times
Such qualities and attitudes are hard to fault, but within the museum’s typology, there is an implied critique; namely, why should we “privilege” the nuclear family, Western history, rational thinking, hard work, and self-reliance?
From Washington Times
For couples who could not have children of their own, adoption was popular and one of the only ways to attain a nuclear family.
From Washington Post
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