Sociology / Unit 8 Soc 1295 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Extended Family
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The idea
An extended family is a household including at least one parent and child plus other relatives, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins.
In practice
A grandparent who moves in to help raise grandchildren converts a nuclear household into an extended one.
Where people slip
Extended and nuclear describe household composition, not how close or distant relationships within either one feel.
Your place on the trail
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