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The American nuclear family is officially over
Insider ^ | 9/16/23 | Juliana Kaplan

Posted on 11/11/2023 11:43:20 AM PST by DallasBiff

Gone are the white picket fences, the two-and-a-half children in the suburbs, and married parents. The American nuclear family is officially dead, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center — even if some Americans haven't accepted it

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KEYWORDS: andallwhitefamilies; biden; communism; culture; culturerot; hyperbole; nuclearfamily; society
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The leftists radicals wet dream.

Yes I have had my problems with my nuclear family, but to give into the leftists dream of stalinist control, by communists, is unthinkable.

1 posted on 11/11/2023 11:43:20 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Because it’s racist. (/sarc)


2 posted on 11/11/2023 11:44:23 AM PST by SkyDancer (~Definition Of A Business Jet: A Mailing Tube For Executives ~)
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To: DallasBiff
this nuclear family is still together...we have our warts and bumps in the road, but we're together....

same as my extended family....all of us kids except for one rebel have stayed married to our spouses for well over 30 yrs each, and some over 50....

3 posted on 11/11/2023 11:45:29 AM PST by cherry
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To: DallasBiff

It may have lost some prominence but no it is not over nor will it ever be.

Dream on, liberals.


4 posted on 11/11/2023 11:48:22 AM PST by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: DallasBiff

As goes the nuclear family, so goes the country. We are now on death watch for the USA.


5 posted on 11/11/2023 11:49:37 AM PST by con-surf-ative
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To: DallasBiff

,,, who has the contract for recycling the pickets from all those fences? At least opportunity lives on.


6 posted on 11/11/2023 11:51:08 AM PST by shaggy eel (As for me and my house - we will serve the Lord.)
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To: DallasBiff

it’s a very large world. the US only accounts for 5% of the total.

the nuclear family of mom, dad, and kids is still the norm for the VAST majority of the planet.

stating otherwise is a display of ignorance and elitism... which is par for the course for the left.


7 posted on 11/11/2023 11:52:25 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: DallasBiff
In 1970, nearly 70% of American adults ages 25 to 49 were living with a spouse and at least one child. As of 2021 — the most recent year for which they have data — that's fallen to 37%.

If you have a young son, it's a bad deal for him to get married in the United States.

8 posted on 11/11/2023 11:52:42 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Persevero

It’s not over. The nuclear family does way, way better. I reinforce that all the time.


9 posted on 11/11/2023 11:54:18 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: MinorityRepublican

A lot of people are starting to figure this out, hence the growth of the MGTOW movement.


10 posted on 11/11/2023 11:56:36 AM PST by MachIV
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To: DallasBiff

I don’t agree that the nuclear family is over but I think the American Dream is gone. Hard to buy a home. Hard to have mom stay home to raise the kids. Hard to know your neighbors. The 20th century was better.


11 posted on 11/11/2023 11:58:01 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: MachIV

The response of our government is to bring in more immigrants. I don’t see that as a bad thing if it destroys the left. Hispanics are more traditionalist and they would never put up with the woke crap by the left.


12 posted on 11/11/2023 11:58:37 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: DallasBiff

We still have a traditional nuclear and extended family of four generations. Men & women married with children born after marital consummation, regular church attendance, all-family reunions (particularly at Thanksgiving and Christmas), non-gambling card games for leisure, conversations rather than political arguments after meals, love and understanding openly expressed. It may sound boring to some, but it’s a way of life to our families.


13 posted on 11/11/2023 12:01:03 PM PST by Brandonmark (November 2024 cannot come soon enough!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“If you have a young son, it’s a bad deal for him to get married in the United States.”

The laws on marriage and divorce are so punitive towards the man I can see exactly why men don’t want to be married.

It can lead to financial ruin.

My uncle’s wife left him for another man and took most of what he had. He had to pay alimony. Insult on top of injury.

He died broke.


14 posted on 11/11/2023 12:01:35 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: DallasBiff

I actually cheer for the demise of the nuclear family, which is an invention of the industrial age. Prefer a restoration of the extended family that proceeded it.


15 posted on 11/11/2023 12:02:15 PM PST by Clemenza
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To: Brandonmark
We still have a traditional nuclear and extended family of four generations.

Which ethnic group are you a member of? Are you religious?

16 posted on 11/11/2023 12:03:25 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: cherry

62 years of marriage for my wife and I.

55-60 years for our siblings, and 45-54 for our adult kids.

No parental grandkids yet, as they have been busy getting good degrees and great jobs.


17 posted on 11/11/2023 12:03:26 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Flu vaccines, might work, if you've never had that flu! Otherwise, they don't do any good/nor work!!)
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To: DallasBiff

Same folks who claimed “God is Dead” and “The Beatles are more popular than God.” Yeah right.


18 posted on 11/11/2023 12:03:34 PM PST by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: sten

The “nuclear family” is a product of the industrial era. The extended family is the true norm.


19 posted on 11/11/2023 12:04:26 PM PST by Clemenza
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To: Persevero

The nuclear family is not something that was just cooked up in some meeting. It is a natural order for us. The sick creeps trying to destroy will fail. It is something we all share everywhere on Gods green earth


20 posted on 11/11/2023 12:06:29 PM PST by gibsonguy
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