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Scott recalled growing up in a working-class family in Birmingham, "in a world of soap operas and things" where TV characters were mostly in heterosexual relationships or "settled down" in a nuclear family.

The area was gentrified by tract homes where nuclear families would settle.

This contrasts with the Western nuclear family model, where learning is often centered around parents or teachers in a formalized school setting.

Data show “nontraditional” families — those made up of single parents, single adults, cohabiting couples and stepfamilies — now outnumber “traditional” nuclear families in the United States.

For people who don’t fit the nuclear family mold or enjoy amicable relationships with their mother or kids, the holiday can bring up all sorts of challenges instead.