| | The term is also used more loosely to describe a group with some form of common characteristic or a group with a relationship (other than ancestral). | | The term is also used more loosely to describe a group with some form of common characteristic or a group with a relationship (other than ancestral). |
| − | The traditional western view of a family is a mother, a father, and children. Many families do not have both parents as part of the family unit. These are known as single-parent families. In some cultures, a family includes grandparents, uncles, aunties, 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 includeds 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, aunties, cousins and other people as part of the core family group. |