someone who manages a home and family instead of earning money from employment
stay-at-home mother
the legal right or duty to care for someone or something, especially a child after its parents have separated or died
joint custody
the act of living with especially someone you are not married to
cohabitation
complicated details
intricacies
a person's husband or wife
spouse
They were very unhappily married but kept up appearances _________ of their children.
for the sake
a family consisting of two parents and their children, but not including aunts, uncles, grandparents
nuclear family
a family that consists of two adults, the child or children that they have had together, and one or more children that they have had with previous partners
blended family
a person's children
offspring
to live together as a couple without being married
common-law partnerships
