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		kelnos on June 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The decline of the family has unleashed an epidemi... Given the divorce rate and the number of single-parent families in the US (and much of the West?), I don't think I'd call the nuclear family "stable".

plainOldText on June 6, 2019 [–]

Stability rates vary over time. But in the context of this discussion, I meant stable relative to other social arrangements.

Thus relative to the current divorce rates, I would wager that “divorce” rates among friends and other social structures are even greater.

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