In the social sciences and U.S. political discourse, the conventional term traditional family describes the nuclear family—a child-rearing environment composed of a leading father, a homemaking mother, and their nominally biological children.
[4] In the United States, the banner of "family values" has been used by social conservatives to express opposition to abortion, pornography, non-abstinence sex education, divorce, LGBTQ validity, same-sex marriage, gender diversity, secularism, and atheism.
American conservative groups have made successful inroads promoting these policies in Africa since the early 2000s, describing them as African family values.
[9] In Muslim society, marriage involves a social contract that occurs with the consent of parents or guardians.
Until recently, because families and friends are expected to provide elderly care, nursing homes were considered culturally unacceptable.