In this essay I will discuss the roles of the family and talk a bit about how my family was brought up in their old society.

The difference in society nowadays is that you can getaway with a lot more than you used to be able to. A lot of things that used to be illegal when my Nan and Granddad were born are not now and lots of things that are illegal now won't be in the future. The government looks at all the illegal things and change their mind about some of them. Society changes everyday but we don't know until a month afterwards when the papers tell us. Co-habitation is now not illegal and also pre-marital sex is not illegal and soon maybe adultery will not be illegal anymore, which shouldn't happen as it is a horrible crime.

My Grand parents were not allowed to live together before they were married as it was against the law and they were not allowed Pre-marital sex. They were married in a church as they are Christians, at the ages of 21 (My Nan) and 23 (My Granddad). They adopted my Dad at the ages of 24 (My Nan) and 26 (My Granddad) and had a nuclear family. They are still happily married.

My parents were quite different as they had pre-marital sex as it is not illegal anymore, they also co-habited and were married in a registry office and at the age of 26 my Mum had my sister. They then lived as a nuclear family and then at the age of 30 my Mum had me. We still lived as a nuclear family until they were the age of 40 when they separated. They then divorced and then

after a year my Dad re-married and lived as a reconstituted family.

A family is their for support, guidance, a home, love and fulfilment, they provide necessities e.g. food, they trust you they give you money for education or for the future. A family cares for each other and protect you. They tech you the difference between right and wrong and encourage you to take responsibilities. They never let you down and they teach you the ins and outs of the world and there they're for you when you need them.

These are a few of the terms used today:

?Marry

?Divorce

?Co-habitation

?Re-marriage

?Nuclear Family

?Extended Family

?One parent Family

?Reconstituted Family

To marry is for two people to join and devote their loyalty and love to one another in front of God. Divorce is when two people fall out of love with each other and decide to separate. Co-habitation is when a man and a woman are living together without being married. Re-marriage is when a man or a woman are divorced (separated) from their wife or husband and married to a new partner after their previous marriage. A nuclear family is a Mother a father and any children living together as a unit. An extended family is a nuclear family including Grand parents Uncles And Aunties living as a unit or living close or being in contact with a lot. One parent family is when only one parent is bringing up the kids. Reconstituted family is where two sets of children become one family when their divorced parents marry each other.