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/^t/In a traditional family, parents who do not have to work that much can spend more time with their offspring. Besides, they can share their duties at home. In contrast, single parents have to do everything at home. So they have very little time for going out or chatting with their children. Parents' lack of time deprives one-parent families of this special kind of atmosphere that is so characteristic of a traditional family.