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Given the way the nuclear family has eroded more traditional family units, why is it held up as the moral best?

Sirene asked: I’ve been seeing the two parent unit being held up here a lot in Answers, why, when it is both relatively modern and considerably less healthy for children than the more traditional clan or extended family?
Anthropologically, every socirty started out in a tribe or clan unit where the welfare of the group was [...]

Given the way the nuclear family has eroded more traditional family units, why is it held up as the moral best?

Sirene asked: I’ve been seeing the two parent unit being held up here a lot in R&S, why, when it is both relatively modern and considerably less healthy for children than the more traditional clan or extended family?
Anthropologically, every socirty started out in a tribe or clan unit where the welfare of the group was [...]