The nuclear family has been one of the most iconic social institutions in our collective history; and this popular family structure, consisting of two parents and their children, is still widely acknowledged as being a beneficial environment for childhood development. Although the committed dyad remains to be an ideal parenting ... 's role is extremely important to a child's overall development, a study in Childhood Development found that roughly a third of the infant participants developed multiple relationships that could be considered primary attachments; additionally, most infants had bee...

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