TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Families in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Families A1 - Bauman, Laurie J. A1 - Stein, Ruth E. K. A2 - Kline, Mark W. PY - 2018 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e AB - Pediatricians provide care for children who live in a variety of family situations. Children may live with 2 working parents, unmarried parents, grandparents, or other nonparental caregiver; or they may live in single-parent families where the mother or father may be divorced or never married; or they may live with lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered (LGBT) parents; in foster homes; or in blended families. The traditional nuclear family, consisting of a mother and a father who are married and living with their biological children, is becoming rare; in fact, only 25% of households fit this description. Although it was the norm decades ago, today only one-half of American households include a married couple, and only one-half of those have children. Only 14% of children are raised in a 2-parent home with a working father and a mother who stays home full time. Given the diversity of family forms, it is important to identify the ideas central to the definition of family. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182917550 ER -