The 'typical American family' was always a blip. It's time to rethink it. For most of the 20th century, the word "family" in America evoked a predictable picture of cookie-cutter cleanliness: the ...

This challenges the idea that the traditional nuclear family is the optimal structure for raising children. We discovered that having and raising a child outside of a romantic partnership did not ...

Certain signs are naturally inclined to value the closeness, stability, and simplicity of a nuclear family. Here’s a look at ...