To what extent is a stable family vital for a successful society ?
It took the human race five million of years of evolution to arrive at the conclusion that the best arrangement for continued survival is the family. Though there is no definite proof, based just on natural human habit of discovering things through trial and error, we arrive at the conclusion that the best thing for continued survival and success –is organization into families. The question is: Is it vital to a successful society to have families?
When we look into families, we see that family members are every person’s first teachers. We learn the basic skills of living from our families. In a stable family, one learns all the correct skills and learns to share with others. In fact, we actually learn that there are ‘others’ in the world from our families. If a family is dysfunctional, the children will probably learn that such behaviors as indulge by the adults in the family is not only acceptable, but actually the norm. The problem comes later on when the child integrates in the society. He or she does what has been what has been accepted in his family and runs foul of the law and sometimes can even become dangerous citizens. Studies have shown most serials killer or rapist come have grown up around violence in their families. It is also not surprising when these research show that such criminal had no idea that what they were doing was wrong!
