: a family group that consists only of parents and children
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Black nuclear families, like the one Cardi B (who is Afro-Latina) was part of for the past seven years, are actually on the rise, according to Christina Cross, a professor, researcher, and sociologist at Harvard University who has studied this subject extensively.—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025 So if the nuclear family is not for you, what other options are there?—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025 But humanity has yet to devise a method of raising children superior to the nuclear family.—Judy Berman, Time, 29 Sep. 2025 His unresolved issues from childhood manifest in the need to keep the dream of a nuclear family alive at all costs.—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear family
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