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Kids benefit from having uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandparents around as well as just their mom and dad. God knows I did!
by eli_gottlieb 5y ago
Kids benefit from having uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandparents around as well as just their mom and dad. God knows I did!
- mbg721 5y agoIt shouldn't be either-A-or-B; there are plenty of families whose day-to-day operation is as a nuclear family, but who have regular (more than once-a-week) contact with extended relatives. I don't think that's what this is describing; an "extended" family here is where the group of people who go to sleep every night and wake up every morning in the same house are more than just mom and dad and the kids.