A 7-year-old client says, "Grandpa, mommy, daddy, and my brother live at my house." In what type of family should the nurse identify that this child lives?

1. Extended
2. Binuclear
3. Traditional
4. Gay or lesbian


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Explanation:
1. An extended family contains a parent or a couple who share the house with their children and another adult relative.
2. A binuclear family includes the divorced parents, who have joint custody of their biologic children, who alternate spending varying amounts of time in the home of each parent.
3. The traditional nuclear family consists of an employed provider parent, a homemaking parent, and the biologic children of this union.
4. A gay or lesbian family is composed of two same-sex domestic partners; they might or might not have children.

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