In what ways are families good for society?

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In what ways are families good for society?                                                                                 Alex Bird

A family is often defined as the monogamous marriage between a man and a woman with the addition of their child or children within their own home. However, there are very different ways into how to describe what a family may mean to different cultures of society. According to Parsons (1995), the husband plays the key role of providing for the family financially through the success brought from work. They are the core of the family and how the family is going to cope as life progresses. However, on the other hand, the wife are according to his theory the reason for the structure of the child’s socialisation and also most preferred to be a full time housewife in order to make sure the children are looked after, both physically and emotionally.

Children are an important factor in a family as they are the next generation of people to be born and the reason why a couple or marriage is bonded together in the first place. Children are the focus of responsibility in the husband and wife’s life, they are their main priority! So why exactly is it important to look after children? If parents look after children in the right manner, then their attitudes and behaviour will be shaped in a positive way. It is also obvious that they are too young to possibly look after themselves as they do not have the motor programme in their mind to know exactly how to do that. They have to learn from their parents! Children aren’t socially mature enough until the later years of their childhood as they have to learn through their own experiences. Society is a complicated subject and takes nature of the child growing up a long time to understand the ever changing society we all live in.

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It is important really to know how to regulate the sexual activity between a couple/marriage as this can lead to problems within the relationship. One example of this is if they morally believe in sex before marriage. If a couple were to start a family and one half of the relationship has followed this principle religiously, then this can cause delaying of children being produced to ultimately start a family. Sexual activity is a natural thing in society, but it is important in a family to control this by only sleeping with the partner essential to start a family with ...

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