section_path: Types/Conjugal (nuclear) family
section_name: Conjugal (nuclear) family
paragraph_text: Conjugal (nuclear) family
  
  The term " nuclear family " is commonly used to refer to conjugal families. A " conjugal " family includes only the spouses and unmarried children who are not of age. Some sociologists distinguish between conjugal families (relatively independent of the kindred of the parents and of other families in general) and nuclear families (which maintain relatively close ties with their kindred).
  
  Other family structures – with (for example) blended parents, single parents, and domestic partnerships – have begun to challenge the normality of the nuclear family.