family life
noun
: the kind of life a person normally leads when one is married and has children
He enjoys family life.
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In the hour-long special, filmed at the Capitol Theater in Clearwater, Florida, Larry delivers takes on everything from family life and aging to the everyday absurdities of modern living.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
When Schuyler was fourteen, his family moved to East Aurora, New York, just outside Buffalo, and the claustrophobia of family life began to break.
—Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Welcome back to Elmore, where the laws of reality are a joke, and family life is anything but ordinary.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 31 July 2025
Return To Office Mandates Risk Setting Back Gender Equality
One parent may need to put their career on hold to manage the demands of home and family life, a responsibility that still falls disproportionally on women.
—Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
When Schuyler was fourteen, his family moved to East Aurora, New York, just outside Buffalo, and the claustrophobia of family life began to break.
—Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Welcome back to Elmore, where the laws of reality are a joke, and family life is anything but ordinary.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 31 July 2025
Return To Office Mandates Risk Setting Back Gender Equality
One parent may need to put their career on hold to manage the demands of home and family life, a responsibility that still falls disproportionally on women.
—Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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“Family life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20life. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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