When Malinowski coined the ubiquitous term in the 1920s, nuclear families had been at the root of most societies for more than 500 years. Yet it has not always been so; in history, we see other constructs that have been much more successful in delivering a wide range of impressive lifestyle benefits as precursors of this now prevalent reality. Nuclear families, even by definition, are proponents of exclusion. A nucleus is compactly closed, not open. It hardens its barriers to the rest of the world rejecting fluency. Indubitably a suitable environment for the very young, for young adults and beyond, nuclear families are not enough.

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