The Positive Effects of Families for the Society

The Positive Effects of Families for the Society

There are several different ways in which you could describe a family

because there are so many different kinds. Sociologists describe a

family as 'a group of people who live together (or have lived

together) who are generally related by blood or marriage ties and

support each other economically and emotionally'

Examples of different types of families are:

Ø Nuclear Families - families with two generations (usually parents

and children)

Ø Extended families - a nuclear family joined by other relatives

Ø Joint families - several nuclear families living together

Ø Reconstituted families- when partners remarry and form new families

after divorce.

Ø Single parent families- one parent bringing up the children

Nuclear families are the most common in our society and are undeniably

encouraged more than any other sort of family because the parents are

married, living together bringing up their own children and there are

no complications whereas single parent families and reconstituted

families are frowned upon the most in our society because they have

obviously divorced and have had issues with their previous families

etc.

Although the Nuclear family is viewed upon as 'the norm' in our

society, every family has disputes and arguments at some point or

another and there is probably no such thing as a family where everyone

gets on with each other all of the time. Therefore, sociologists

question whether or not 'The normal family' or 'The perfect family'

actually exists or ever will in the future.

Helping children to survive

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... them better than anyone else.

Security and position

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Families give us a sense of belonging and a position in society, which

is very important because therefore, we know exactly who we are and

where we came from. If we didn't know who our relations were it would

be very confusing because we wouldn't feel particularly close to

anyone and we wouldn't have any source of a background.

Conclusion

We need families because we need someone to support us emotionally and

financially, we need someone to teach us what is acceptable in society

and what isn't acceptable, we need to feel a sense of belonging in the

world, we need someone to bring us up so we develop into mature adults

and above all we need to feel loved and wanted by other people and

therefore learn to love others in return.