According to the text, the traditional definition of the family is a

a. relationship in which people live together with commitment, form an economic unit, and care for any young, and consider the group critical to their identity.
b. group of people who are related to one another by bonds of blood, marriage, or adoption and who live together, form an economic unit, and bear and raise children.
c. household partnerships in which couples live together in a committed, sexually intimate relationship.
d. couple living together with their biological children.


Answer: b. group of people who are related to one another by bonds of blood, marriage, or adoption and who live together, form an economic unit, and bear and raise children.

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