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Family is a socially recognized group, joined by blood, marriage, cohabitation, or adoption, that forms an emotional connection and an economic unit.

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A functionalist and an interactionist both call a household of close, mutually supportive friends a family, for different reasons.

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A stricter definition limited to a wedded couple and children is one convention this course reports, not the only correct one.