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Re:The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake by SpicyLemonZest on Monday February 10, 2020 @07:55PM (#22295026)
All the data and anecdotes I’ve seen suggest the correlation is in the opposite direction. Especially when it comes to race; in many minority groups grandma is very much part of the stereotypical family home.
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Re:The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake by smileysteve on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:03PM (#22295343)
To your anecdotes and the article's credit, yes, many minority groups (or approaching majority) do often use larger extended family units.

This is not to say that the the people who need help (from government or church) always have the option -- or that it doesn't have additional costs. (Though to several of the cases mentioned above, extended families are replacing a missing nuclear family member.)

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