| | The traditional western view of a nuclear family is a mother, a father, and children. The traditional western view of the extended family includes grandparents, aunts, uncles nephew, nieces and grandchildren. As single-parent family is one in which only one parent raises the children. In some cultures, a family includes grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and other people as part of the core family group. | | The traditional western view of a nuclear family is a mother, a father, and children. The traditional western view of the extended family includes grandparents, aunts, uncles nephew, nieces and grandchildren. As single-parent family is one in which only one parent raises the children. In some cultures, a family includes grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and other people as part of the core family group. |
| − | Children without families are known as orphans. They reside in orphanages, and they generally want to be adopted into by a loving parent or family. | + | Children without families are known as orphans. They reside in orphanages, and they generally want to be adopted by a loving parent or family. |