Legal Definition of Nuclear Family
Meaning of Nuclear Family
A family generally consisting of a man, woman, and their children. We are born into our “nuclear family of orientation” and we have children in our “nuclear family of procreation.” Parents may think of themselves as being members of both of these families at the same time. See extended family and matricentric family.
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Definition of Nuclear Family
The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Nuclear Family: This has the same composition as the conjugal family, but the term ‘nuclear’ does not imply that the family is inwardly focused and relatively autonomous from extended kin as in the case of the conjugal family. Extended, or consanguineal (based on shared blood descent), families can be thought of as composed of linked nuclear families.
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Notes and References
- Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Nuclear Family. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada
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