Same Situation, Far Apart: Happy Families The children in both photos are about 4 years old. Mia (left) lives with her parents in Toronto. Here, her father is picking her up from her daycare centre. The youngest child in the Balmedina family (right) lives with his nuclear family in the Philippines. Even though these families live in different countries, they share the same family structure.

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