nuclear family

Example Sentences

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For the parents who want their children to only read books with heterosexual couples and nuclear families, he said the library has thousands of books for them.

From Seattle Times

The “Drag pedagogy” paper fueled the backlash with statements such as “DQSH offers a queer relationality with children that breaks from the reproductive futurity of the normative classroom and nuclear family.”

From Washington Times

Another challenge is that with nuclear families becoming the norm and people migrating for work, it is harder for those remaining., often the older generation, to care for the house.

From BBC

Not just occasional get-togethers or holiday meals, but living as a unit, beyond the nuclear family.

From Washington Post

And the decline of nuclear family units may have diminished the traditional male role as economic provider.

From New York Times