A home health nurse is visiting an 11-year-old African American girl who is being raised by her grandmother after her mother died of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
The girl has never met her biological father, but her older stepbrother is very involved in her life. How should the nurse view this family constellation, and why?
A) Abnormal; the family in later life should be concerned with issues other than childrearing.
B) Abnormal; a two-parent household is the most advantageous arrangement for parenting.
C) Normal; cultural variations exist in the family lifecycle.
D) Normal; because of their wisdom, older adults make better parenting figures.
C
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