Definition(s):

“…ever-widening variety of households: Divorced parents, raising kids alone. Step-parents, sharing blended families. Adoptive parents. Same-sex partners with or without families. Grandparents caring for grandchildren. Adult children caring for aging parents. And on and on” (French, 2004, p. 47).

French, K. (2004). The post-nuclear age. Financial Planning, 34(8), 46-51.