Despite the changing lifestyles and ever-increasing personal mobility that chara

cterize modern society, the family remains the central element of contemporary l
ife. Families offer companionship, security, and a measure of protection against
an often uncaring world. But family structure, like society at large, has under
gone significant changes in the years since World War II. While the nuclear fami
ly -- with Dad, Mom, and offspring happily coexisting beneath one roof-remains t
he ideal, variations in family structure are plentiful -- and often successful.
The structure of family is important in society for has been a part of life sinc
e the dawn of rules for a better society. In ancient times, the idea of society
was scattered yet gathering. Thousands of years has passed and family structure
has changed into what it is today. If the structure of family breaks down then w
e go back in time instead of forward.